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We have grown epitaxial La2/3Sr1/3MnO3 thin films on LaAlO3 and SrTiO3 subs
trates. We have found that substrate-induced strain anisotropy (neither ten
sile nor compressive) is not strong enough to overcome shape anisotropy and
thus the easy-magnetization axis lies always in the film plane. The role o
f the substrate mismatch on the effects of annealing magnetoresistance has
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