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Title: Orbital Ordered Structure of a Manganite Thin Film Observed by K-edge Resonant X-ray Scattering

Abstract

The low-temperature orbital ordering structure of Nd0.5Sr0.5MnO3 thin film on SrTiO3 (011) substrate (NSMO/STO011) has been clarified by resonant x-ray scattering. This thin film is the first example of the manganite thin film that has sharp metal-insulator transition, and synchrotron x-ray diffraction reveals the structure of the low-temperature orbital ordered phase. The orbital order structure was found to be the same as the structure of bulk Nd0.5Sr0.5MnO3, while the tilt/rotation of the MnO6 octahedra were different.

Authors:
;  [1]; ;  [2];  [2];  [3];  [4];  [5];  [6]
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  1. Photon Factory, KEK, Tsukuba 305-0801 (Japan)
  2. Department of Physics, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578 (Japan)
  3. (Japan)
  4. Department of Applied Physics, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113-8586 (Japan)
  5. Devices Technology Research Laboratories, SHARP Corporation, Nara 632-8567 (Japan)
  6. Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Tokyo, Tokyo 153-8904 (Japan)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
21049340
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Journal Article
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Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings; Journal Volume: 879; Journal Issue: 1; Conference: 9. international conference on synchrotron radiation instrumentation, Daegu (Korea, Republic of), 28 May - 2 Jun 2006; Other Information: DOI: 10.1063/1.2436399; (c) 2007 American Institute of Physics; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; METALS; NEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS; PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS; ROTATION; STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS; SUBSTRATES; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; THIN FILMS; TITANIUM OXIDES; X-RAY DIFFRACTION

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Wakabayashi, Y., Sawa, H., Bizen, D., Nakao, H., Murakami, Y., Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, JAERI, Sayo, 679-5148, Nakamura, M., Ogimoto, Y., and Miyano, K. Orbital Ordered Structure of a Manganite Thin Film Observed by K-edge Resonant X-ray Scattering. United States: N. p., 2007. Web. doi:10.1063/1.2436399.
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Wakabayashi, Y., Sawa, H., Bizen, D., Nakao, H., Murakami, Y., Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, JAERI, Sayo, 679-5148, Nakamura, M., Ogimoto, Y., & Miyano, K. Orbital Ordered Structure of a Manganite Thin Film Observed by K-edge Resonant X-ray Scattering. United States. doi:10.1063/1.2436399.
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Wakabayashi, Y., Sawa, H., Bizen, D., Nakao, H., Murakami, Y., Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, JAERI, Sayo, 679-5148, Nakamura, M., Ogimoto, Y., and Miyano, K. Fri . "Orbital Ordered Structure of a Manganite Thin Film Observed by K-edge Resonant X-ray Scattering". United States. doi:10.1063/1.2436399.
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@article{osti_21049340,
title = {Orbital Ordered Structure of a Manganite Thin Film Observed by K-edge Resonant X-ray Scattering},
author = {Wakabayashi, Y. and Sawa, H. and Bizen, D. and Nakao, H. and Murakami, Y. and Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, JAERI, Sayo, 679-5148 and Nakamura, M. and Ogimoto, Y. and Miyano, K.},
abstractNote = {The low-temperature orbital ordering structure of Nd0.5Sr0.5MnO3 thin film on SrTiO3 (011) substrate (NSMO/STO011) has been clarified by resonant x-ray scattering. This thin film is the first example of the manganite thin film that has sharp metal-insulator transition, and synchrotron x-ray diffraction reveals the structure of the low-temperature orbital ordered phase. The orbital order structure was found to be the same as the structure of bulk Nd0.5Sr0.5MnO3, while the tilt/rotation of the MnO6 octahedra were different.},
doi = {10.1063/1.2436399},
journal = {AIP Conference Proceedings},
number = 1,
volume = 879,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jan 19 00:00:00 EST 2007},
month = {Fri Jan 19 00:00:00 EST 2007}
}
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DOI:  10.1063/1.2436399
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