Structural and magnetic properties of ultrathin epitaxial La 0.7Ca0.3MnO3 manganite films: Strain versus finite size effects

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 713-715

  De Andres A ^a   Rubio, J ^a,b   Castro, G ^a,b   Taboada, S ^a   Martinez J L ^a   Colino, J M ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; REMANENCE; ULTRATHIN FILMS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

STRUCTURAL DOMAINS;

LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0042013004     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1594838     Document Type: Article

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