Visualizing short-range charge transfer at the interfaces between ferromagnetic and superconducting oxides

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Chien, Te Yu ^a,e   Kourkoutis, Lena F ^b   Chakhalian, Jak ^c   Gray, Benjamin ^c   Kareev, Michael ^c   Guisinger, Nathan P ^d   Muller, David A ^b   Freeland, John W ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Cornell University   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^d ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL; OXIDE;

BARIUM; COPPER COMPOUND; ELECTRON; INTERFACE; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; OXIDE; RARE EARTH ELEMENT; SUPERCONDUCTIVITY; VISUALIZATION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ENVIRONMENT; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; COMPLEX OXIDE BASED SYSTEM SUPERCONDUCTOR; CROSS SECTIONAL SCANNING TUNNELLING MICROSCOPY; CROSS SECTIONAL SCANNING TUNNELLING SPECTROSCOPY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MAGNETISM; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR; SPECTROSCOPY; SUPERCONDUCTOR; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; TRANSITION TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84883102023     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3336     Document Type: Article

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