Role of boundaries on low-field magnetotransport properties of La 0.7Sr0.3MnO3-based nanocomposite thin films

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 28, Issue 13, 2013, Pages 1707-1714

  Chen, Aiping ^a   Zhang, Wenrui ^a   Jian, Jie ^a   Wang, Haiyan ^a   Tsai, Chen Fong ^b   Su, Qing ^b   Jia, Quanxi ^c   Macmanus Driscoll, Judith L ^d  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON CONDUCTION; GRAIN MISORIENTATION; LANTHANUM STRONTIUM MANGANATES; LOW-FIELD MAGNETORESISTANCE; MAGNETO TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITE THIN FILMS; PERCOLATION THRESHOLDS; QUASI-ONE-DIMENSIONAL;

GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MANGANESE OXIDE; ZINC OXIDE;

NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS;

EID: 84880247780     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2013.89     Document Type: Article

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