Uniaxial contribution to the magnetic anisotropy of La 0.67Sr0.33MnO3 thin films induced by orthorhombic crystal structure

Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials

Volumn 323, Issue 21, 2011, Pages 2632-2638

  Boschker, Hans ^a   Mathews, Mercy ^a   Brinks, Peter ^a   Houwman, Evert ^a   Vailionis, Arturas ^b   Koster, Gertjan ^a   Blank, Dave H A ^a   Rijnders, Guus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epitaxial; LaSrMnO; Magnetic anisotropy; Thin film

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LATTICE MISMATCH; MAGNETIC COUPLINGS; MAGNETISM; MAGNETOCRYSTALLINE ANISOTROPY; MANGANESE OXIDE; THIN FILMS;

COMPRESSIVE STRAIN; EPITAXIAL; IN-PLANE ORIENTATION; LASRMNO; ORTHORHOMBIC CRYSTAL STRUCTURES; ORTHORHOMIC STRUCTURE; OXYGEN OCTAHEDRA; UNIAXIAL ANISOTROPY;

MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY;

EID: 80051548356     PISSN: 03048853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2011.05.051     Document Type: Article

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