Jahn-Teller effect in spinel manganites probed by soft x-ray absorption spectroscopy

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 88, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Noh, Han Jin ^a,b   Yeo, S ^a   Kang, J S ^c   Zhang, C L ^a   Cheong, S W ^a   Oh, S J ^b   Johnson, P D ^d  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^d BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

JAHN TELLER EFFECTS; SPINEL MANGANITES; SPLITTING ENERGY; X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY (XAS);

ABSORPTION; CRYSTAL LATTICES; IONS; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXIDES;

X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 33644532531     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2178474     Document Type: Article

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