Photoemission electron microscopy study of sub-200 nm self-assembled La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 epitaxial islands

Nanoscale

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2990-2998

  Zabaleta, Jone ^a,d   Valencia, Sergio ^b   Kronast, Florian ^b   Moreno, César ^a,c   Abellán, Patricia ^a,e   Gázquez, Jaume ^a   Sepehri Amin, H ^c   Sandiumenge, Felip ^a   Puig, Teresa ^a   Mestres, Narcís ^a   Obradors, Xavier ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA DE MATERIALS DE BARCELONA ICMAB CSIC   (Spain)

^b HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^e PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; EPITAXIAL NANOSTRUCTURES; FERROMAGNETIC MANGANITES; IN-PLANE MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIZATION BEHAVIOR; PHOTOEMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY ABSORPTION SPECTRUM; X-RAY MAGNETIC CIRCULAR DICHROISM;

ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; MANGANESE OXIDE; MANGANITES; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOEMISSION;

EPITAXIAL GROWTH;

EID: 84893522240     PISSN: 20403364     EISSN: 20403372     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c3nr33346a     Document Type: Article

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