Direct imaging of the coexistence of ferromagnetism and superconductivity at the LaAlO3/SrTiO3 interface

Nature Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 767-771

  Bert, Julie A ^a   Kalisky, Beena ^a   Bell, Christopher ^a   Kim, Minu ^a,b   Hikita, Yasuyuki ^a   Hwang, Harold Y ^a,b   Moler, Kathryn A ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 80053581736     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2079     Document Type: Article

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