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A semiempirical method has been proposed for evaluating oxygen deficiency δ in La0.7Sr0.3MnO3–δ (LSMO) films on oxide substrates by comparing a measured refractive index with the refractive index calculated as a function of δ.
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Original Russian Text © A.A. Tikhii, S.V. Kara-Murza, Yu.M. Nikolaenko, V.A. Gritskikh, N.V. Korchikova, I.V. Zhikharev, 2015, published in Neorganicheskie Materialy, 2015, Vol. 51, No. 9, pp. 1008–1012.
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Tikhii, A.A., Kara-Murza, S.V., Nikolaenko, Y.M. et al. Determination of oxygen nonstoichiometry in La0.7Sr0.3MnO3–δ on oxide substrates by structural refractometry. Inorg Mater 51, 928–932 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168515090186
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