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Title: Metal-insulator transition in the system (Ca/sub 1-x/La/sub x/)MnO/sub 2. 97 (0. 05 less than or equal to x less than or equal to 0. 4)

Journal Article · · J. Solid State Chem.; (United States)

The electrical resistivity of (Ca/sub 1-x/La/sub x/)MnO/sub 2.97/ (0.05 less than or equal to x less than or equal to 0.4) was measured in the temperature range from 80 to 1000 K. All manganates are n-type semiconductors below room temperature. Below 125 K, the electrical resistivity follows the Mott's T/sup -1/4/ law indicating the possible occurrence of variable hopping of electrons due to Anderson localization. Above ca. 400-450 K, all manganates exhibit a metal-insulator transition without crystallographic change. From the results of magnetic measurement, the mechanism of the metal-insulator transition is explained by the band model of covalency criterion for localized vs collective electrons in oxides with the perovskite structure.

Research Organization:
Osaka Prefectural Industrial Research Institute, Japan
OSTI ID:
5405578
Journal Information:
J. Solid State Chem.; (United States), Vol. 63:2
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English