Theory of strain-controlled magnetotransport and stabilization of the ferromagnetic insulating phase in manganite thin films

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 110, Issue 15, 2013, Pages

  Mukherjee, Anamitra ^a,b   Cole, William S ^b   Woodward, Patrick ^b   Randeria, Mohit ^b   Trivedi, Nandini ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE-ORDERED INSULATORS; FERROMAGNETIC INSULATING PHASE; FERROMAGNETIC METALLIC; HALF-DOPED MANGANITES; MANGANITE THIN FILMS; MICROSCOPIC MODELS; STRAIN ENGINEERING; STRAIN-CONTROLLED;

COLOSSAL MAGNETORESISTANCE; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; TENSILE STRAIN;

MANGANITES;

EID: 84876129272     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.157201     Document Type: Article

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