Low temperature Schottky anomalies in the specific heat of LaCoO 3: Defect-stabilized finite spin states

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  He, C ^a   Zheng, H ^b   Mitchell, J F ^b   Foo, M L ^c   Cava, R J ^c   Leighton, C ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALORIMETRY; COBALT; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SPECIFIC HEAT;

CO IONS; ENERGY LEVEL SPLITTING; G FACTORS; LOW DENSITIES; LOW TEMPERATURES; LOW-TEMPERATURE SPECIFIC HEATS; SCHOTTKY ANOMALIES; SPIN SPINS; SPIN STATE;

SPIN DYNAMICS;

EID: 62549127353     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3098374     Document Type: Article

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