Composition dependence of valence states in epitaxial LaCo1-xMnxO3 thin films studied by X-ray absorption spectroscopy

Toshihiro ISHIHARA, Miho KITAMURA, Isao OHKUBO*, Koji HORIBA, Hiroshi KUMIGASHIRA, Yuji MATSUMOTO, Hideomi KOINUMA, and Masaharu OSHIMA Department of Applied Chemistry, The Univ. of Tokyo, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan MSL, Tokyo Inst. of Technology, Midori-ku, Yokohama, 226-8503, Japan Graduate School for Frontier Sciences, The Univ. of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, 277-8583, Japan CREST, Japan Science & Technology Corporation (JST), Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, 102-0075, Japan The University of Tokyo Synchrotron Radiation Research Organization,Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8656, Japan.