Bilayer manganites reveal polarons in the midst of a metallic breakdown

Nature Physics

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 978-982

  Massee, F ^a   De Jong, S ^a   Huang, Y ^a   Siu, W K ^a   Santoso, I ^a   Mans, A ^a   Boothroyd, A T ^b   Prabhakaran, D ^b   Follath, R ^c   Varykhalov, A ^c   Patthey, L ^d   Shi, M ^d   Goedkoop, J B ^a   Golden, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

^d PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; GROUND STATE; MANGANESE OXIDE; MANGANITES; TEMPERATURE;

BILAYER MANGANITES; BILAYER SYSTEMS; CHARGE CARRIER DYNAMICS; ELECTRON-LATTICE INTERACTIONS; LOW TEMPERATURE ELECTRONICS; METALLIC BEHAVIOUR; QUASI PARTICLES; SPECTRAL WEIGHT;

COLOSSAL MAGNETORESISTANCE;

EID: 85027942119     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/NPHYS2089     Document Type: Article

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