Separation of the strain and finite size effect on the ferromagnetic properties of La0.5Sr0.5CoO3 thin films

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 17, 2007, Pages

  Xie, Changkun ^a   Budnick, J I ^a   Wells, B O ^a   Woicik, J C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURIE TEMPERATURE; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS; STRAIN RATE; SUBSTRATES; SUPERCONDUCTING TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

COMPRESSIVE STRAIN; FERROMAGNETIC TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; FINITE SIZE EFFECT;

EPITAXIAL FILMS;

EID: 35548957752     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2803220     Document Type: Article

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