Scanning tunneling spectroscopy on Pr0.68Pb 0.32MnO3 single crystals

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 3064-3066

  Roßler S ^a   Ernst, S ^a   Padmanabhan, B ^b   Elizabeth, Suja ^b   Bhat, H L ^b   Wirth, S ^a   Steglich, F ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL PHYSICS OF SOLIDS   (Germany)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Colossal magnetoresistance (CMR); Manganites; Metal insulator transition; Scanning tunneling spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

COLOSSAL MAGNETORESISTANCE; MANGANITES; METAL INSULATOR TRANSITION; PHASE SEPARATION; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

LOCAL CONDUCTANCE; METALLIC BEHAVIOR; SPATIAL HOMOGENEITY; ZERO BIAS CONDUCTANCE;

SINGLE CRYSTALS;

EID: 34249067518     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2007.892566     Document Type: Article

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