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Title: Magnetotransport in thin films of La{sub n{minus}nx}Ca{sub 1+nx}Mn{sub n}O{sub 3n+1} (n = 2, 3, and {infinity})

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OSTI ID:323405
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  1. Nagoya Univ. (Japan). Dept. of Crystalline Materials Science

With a use of the epitaxial a-axis thin films of perovskite series La{sub n{minus}nx}Mn{sub n}O{sub 3n+1} (n = 2, 3, and {infinity}) with a fixed carrier concentration (x = 0.3), the transport properties of the series compounds have been examined to be associated with the difference in the number of the MnO{sub 2} layers. Results have indicated that a reduction in the number of layers results in systematic changes in the various features. These include an increase in resistivity, a decrease in resistivity peak temperature {Tc}{sup {rho}} corresponding to the metal-insulator transition, an enhancement of the maximum MR near {Tc}{sup {rho}}, and an increase in low temperature intrinsic MR. In order to explain the variation in these features with the number of MnO{sub 2} layers, it is necessary to take both anisotropic c-axis transfer interaction and two-dimensional spin fluctuation into account.

OSTI ID:
323405
Report Number(s):
CONF-971201-; ISBN 1-55899-399-1; TRN: 99:004233
Resource Relation:
Conference: 1997 fall meeting of the Materials Research Society, Boston, MA (United States), 1-5 Dec 1997; Other Information: PBD: 1998; Related Information: Is Part Of Science and technology of magnetic oxides; Hundley, M.F. [ed.] [Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)]; Nickel, J.H. [ed.] [Hewlett-Packard Labs., Palo Alto, CA (United States)]; Ramesh, R. [ed.] [Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MA (United States)]; Tokura, Yoshinori [ed.] [Univ. of Tokyo (Japan)]; PB: 375 p.; Materials Research Society symposium proceedings, Volume 494
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English