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Title: Origins of colossal magnetoresistance in perovskite-type manganese oxides (invited)

Journal Article · · Journal of Applied Physics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.361353· OSTI ID:280046
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  1. Joint Research Center for Atom Technology (JRCAT), Tsukuba 305 (Japan)

Phenomena of colossal magnetoresistance (MR) or magnetic field induced insulator{endash}metal ({ital I}{endash}{ital M}) transitions have been investigated for single crystals of perovskite-type manganese oxides with controlled carrier density and one-electron bandwidth. In addition to the canonical MR behavior near the Curie temperature, the first-order phase transition accompanying several orders of magnitude change in resistivity has been observed under an external magnetic field for many of the composition-controlled crystals as an intrinsic bulk phenomenon. It was proved by the systematic experimental investigations that the field-induced destruction of the charge-ordered state accompanying the lattice structural as well as metamagnetic transition is a major origin of such a colossal MR. Versatile MR phenomena and {ital I}{endash}{ital M} phase diagrams in the {ital T}{endash}{ital H} plane are presented with their interpretation. {copyright} {ital 1996 American Institute of Physics.}

OSTI ID:
280046
Report Number(s):
CONF-951101-; ISSN 0021-8979; TRN: 9608M0101
Journal Information:
Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 79, Issue 8; Conference: 40. conference on magnetism and magnetic materials, Philadelphia, PA (United States), 6-9 Nov 1995; Other Information: PBD: Apr 1996
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English