Controlling competing interactions at oxide interfaces: Enhanced anisotropy in La 0.7Sr 0.3MnO 3 films via interface engineering

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 85, Issue 23, 2012, Pages

  Lee, J S ^a   Arena, D A ^b   Santos, T S ^c,d   Nelson, C S ^b   Hyun, S I ^e   Shim, J H ^e   Kao, C C ^a  

^a SLAC NATIONAL ACCELERATOR LABORATORY   (United States)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^d ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

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EID: 84862689320     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.85.235125     Document Type: Article

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