Investigation of local symmetry effects on the electronic structure of manganites: Hexagonal YMnO3 versus orthorhombic LaMnO3

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Cho, Deok Yong ^a   Oh, S J ^a   Kim, Dong Geun ^a   Tanaka, A ^b   Park, J H ^c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

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EID: 60349115775     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.035116     Document Type: Article

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