Thermal and electronic transport properties and two-phase mixtures in La a5/8-xPr xCa 3/8MnO 3

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 84, Issue 13, 2000, Pages

  Kim, K H ^a   Uehara, M ^a   Hess, C ^a   Sharma, P A ^a   Cheong, S W ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT; METAL-INSULATOR MIXTURES; PERCOLATION THRESHOLD; TWO-PHASE MIXTURES;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; FERROMAGNETISM; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METAL INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; PHASE SEPARATION; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 3843149794     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.84.2961     Document Type: Article

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