Thickness dependence of the exchange bias in epitaxial manganite bilayers

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 9, 2009, Pages

  Kobrinskii, A L ^a   Goldman, A M ^a   Varela, Maria ^b   Pennycook, S J ^b  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 63149123662     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.094405     Document Type: Article

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