Ferromagnetic insulating state in tensile-strained LaCoO 3 thin films from LDA + U calculations

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 85, Issue 14, 2012, Pages

  Hsu, Han ^a   Blaha, Peter ^b   Wentzcovitch, Renata M ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

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EID: 84860290506     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.85.140404     Document Type: Article

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