Effects of Au nanoparticles on the magnetic and transport properties of La0.67 Sr0.33 MnO3 ultrathin layers

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 81, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Brivio, S ^a   Magen, C ^b,e   Sidorenko, A A ^c   Petti, D ^a   Cantoni, M ^a   Finazzi, M ^a   Ciccacci, F ^a   De Renzi, R ^c   Varela, M ^b   Picozzi, S ^d   Bertacco, R ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

^d INFM   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

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EID: 77954921555     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.81.094410     Document Type: Article

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