Full bulk spin polarization and intrinsic tunnel barriers at the surface of layered manganites

Nature Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 62-67

  Freeland, J W ^a   Gray, K E ^b   Ozyuzer, L ^b,c   Berghuis, P ^b   Badica, Elvira ^b   Kavich, J ^a   Zheng, H ^b   Mitchell, J F ^b  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c IZMIR INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DATA REDUCTION; MAGNETIZATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NEUTRON SCATTERING; POLARIZATION; SELF ASSEMBLY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; X RAY ANALYSIS;

INTRABILAYER COUPLINGS; ISOTROPIC COUPLINGS; SPIN POLARIZATION; SURFACE POLARIZATION;

MANGANESE COMPOUNDS;

EID: 11144250912     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat1280     Document Type: Review

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