Suppression of spin-state transition in epitaxially strained LaCoO_{3}

C. Pinta, D. Fuchs, M. Merz +5

Epitaxial thin films of LaCoO_{3} (E-LCO) exhibit ferromagnetic order with a transition temperature T_c = 85 K, while polycrystalline thin LaCoO_{3} films (P-LCO) remain paramagnet…