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MAGNETISM ELECTRON TRANSPORT MAGNETORESISTIVE LANTHANUM CALCIUM MANGANITE

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inspiration behind the irreversibility line plot in section 3.2.2.2.9. Thanks also<br />

to Khiem, Steve, Daniel & Jenny, Laurent and the rest of the curry club for<br />

great conversations at lunch.<br />

Much of this work was done in collaboration with Hewlett-Packard in Palo<br />

Alto. The MOCVD films of the manganites were made by Ron Hiskes and<br />

Steve DiCarolis. The XAFS studies in Chapter 5 were performed at the<br />

Stanford Linear Accelerator by Corwin Booth and Bud Bridges from U. C.<br />

Santa Cruz.<br />

This work could not have been completed without the support of friends,<br />

housemates, parents but particularly Sossina Ñ thank you very much.<br />

Funding for this research was generously provided by The Fanny and John<br />

Hertz Foundation, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, and the<br />

Stanford Center for Materials Research under the NSF-MRL program

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