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Ferromagnetic and perovskite-like thin films (<1μm) of La1−xCaxMnO3+δ have been routinely prepared by heat treatment of an amorphous La–Ca–Mn precursor. The precursor was electrodeposited cathodically in the absence of oxygen and water onto polished silver substrates from a nonaqueous solution of the components' nitrates. Analysis by X-ray diffraction and SQUID magnetometry shows these materials exhibit the appropriate structural and magnetic phases indicative of colossal magnetoresistance.
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Mercer, T., de Groot, P.A.J. & Bartlett, P.N. Production of perovskite-like La1−xCaxMnO3+δ ferromagnetic thin films by electrochemical reduction. Journal of Applied Electrochemistry 28, 455–459 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1003256925840
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