Strong uniaxial in-plane magnetic anisotropy of (001)- and (011)-oriented La0.67 Sr0.33 MnO3 thin films on NdGaO3 substrates

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 21, 2009, Pages

  Boschker, H ^a   Mathews, M ^a   Houwman, E P ^a,b   Nishikawa, H ^a,b   Vailionis, A ^c   Koster, G ^a   Rijnders, G ^a   Blank, D H A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 67650085296     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.214425     Document Type: Article

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