Magnetic oxide heterostructures

Annual Review of Materials Research

Volumn 44, Issue , 2014, Pages 65-90

  Bhattacharya, Anand ^a   May, Steven J ^b  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Drexel University   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex oxides; Epitaxial heterostructures; Interfacial phenomena; Magnetism; Perovskites

Indexed keywords

EXCHANGE INTERACTIONS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; PEROVSKITE; SUPERLATTICES;

COMPLEX OXIDES; COMPLEX TRANSITIONS; EPITAXIAL HETEROSTRUCTURES; EPITAXIAL SYNTHESIS; INTERFACIAL CHARGE TRANSFER; INTERFACIAL PHENOMENA; ORBITAL POLARIZATIONS; SHORT-PERIOD SUPERLATTICES;

MAGNETISM;

EID: 84903996371     PISSN: 15317331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev-matsci-070813-113447     Document Type: Article

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