Heat capacity study of magnetoelectronic phase separation in La1-x Srx CoO3 single crystals

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 21, 2009, Pages

  He, C ^a   Eisenberg, S ^a   Jan, C ^a   Zheng, H ^b   Mitchell, J F ^b   Leighton, C ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 77954744307     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.80.214411     Document Type: Article

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