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We report the temperature and magnetic field dependence of transport properties in epitaxial films of the manganite La$_{1-x}$Ca$_{x}$MnO$_{3}$ in the overdoped region of the phase diagram for $x > 0.5$, where a charge--ordered (CO) and an…
We present a simplified model for the colossal magnetoresistance in doped manganites by exactly solving a double-exchange model (with Ising-like local spins) and quenched binary disorder within dynamical mean field theory. We examine the…
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The origins of the anomalous temperature dependence of magnetocrystalline anisotropy in (Fe$_{1-x}$Co$_{x}$)$_{2}$B alloys are elucidated using first-principles calculations within the disordered local moment model. Excellent agreement with…
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