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Title: Nonmonotonic crossover in electronic phase separated manganite superlattices driven by the superlattice period

Abstract

Studying manganite superlattices [(LCMO)2n/(PCMO)n]t made of La0.625Ca0.375MnO3 (LCMO) and Pr0.625Ca0.375MnO3 (PCMO), we found an unexpected behavior varying the period n. At small n, the ensemble is a three-dimensional ferromagnetic metal due to interfacial charge transfer. At large n, the LCMO layers dominate transport. However, rather than a smooth interpolation between these limits a sharp transport and magnetic anomaly is found at an intermediate critical PCMO thickness n*. Magnetic force microscopy reveals that the phase-separation length scale also maximizes at n* where, unexpectedly, it becomes comparable to that of the (La1–yPry)0.625Ca0.375MnO3 (LPCMO) alloy. We conjecture the phenomenon originates in a disorder-related length scale: Large charge-ordered clusters as in LPCMO can only nucleate when Pr-rich regions reach a critical size related to n*.

Authors:
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  1. Fudan Univ., Shanghai (China)
  2. Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
  3. Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Ningbo (China)
  4. Southeast Univ., Nanjing (China)
  5. Nanjing Univ. (China)
  6. Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (United States)
  7. Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  8. Fudan Univ., Shanghai (China); Nanjing Univ. (China)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; National Key Research Program of China; National Basic Research Program of China; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC); Shanghai Municipal Natural Science Foundation; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1756297
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1822086
Report Number(s):
BNL-220775-2021-JAAM
Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9950; TRN: US2205619
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0012704; 2016YFA0300702; 2014CB921104; 11504053; 11904052; 18XD1400600; 17ZR1442600; 18JC141140; 18ZR1403200; AC05-00OR22725
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review B
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 102; Journal Issue: 23; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9950
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; electrical conductivity; magnetic phase transitions; magnetic multilayers; strongly correlated systems; magnetic force microscopy

Citation Formats

Zhu, Yinyan, Ye, Biying, Li, Qiang, Liu, Hao, Miao, Tian, Wu, Lijun, Li, Lei, Lin, Lingfang, Zhu, Yi, Zhang, Zhe, Shi, Qian, Yang, Yulong, Du, Kai, Bai, Yu, Yu, Yang, Guo, Hangwen, Wang, Wenbin, Xu, Xiaoshan, Wu, Xiaoshan, Zhong, Zhicheng, Dong, Shuai, Zhu, Yimei, Dagotto, Elbio, Yin, Lifeng, and Shen, Jian. Nonmonotonic crossover in electronic phase separated manganite superlattices driven by the superlattice period. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1103/physrevb.102.235107.
Zhu, Yinyan, Ye, Biying, Li, Qiang, Liu, Hao, Miao, Tian, Wu, Lijun, Li, Lei, Lin, Lingfang, Zhu, Yi, Zhang, Zhe, Shi, Qian, Yang, Yulong, Du, Kai, Bai, Yu, Yu, Yang, Guo, Hangwen, Wang, Wenbin, Xu, Xiaoshan, Wu, Xiaoshan, Zhong, Zhicheng, Dong, Shuai, Zhu, Yimei, Dagotto, Elbio, Yin, Lifeng, & Shen, Jian. Nonmonotonic crossover in electronic phase separated manganite superlattices driven by the superlattice period. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.102.235107
Zhu, Yinyan, Ye, Biying, Li, Qiang, Liu, Hao, Miao, Tian, Wu, Lijun, Li, Lei, Lin, Lingfang, Zhu, Yi, Zhang, Zhe, Shi, Qian, Yang, Yulong, Du, Kai, Bai, Yu, Yu, Yang, Guo, Hangwen, Wang, Wenbin, Xu, Xiaoshan, Wu, Xiaoshan, Zhong, Zhicheng, Dong, Shuai, Zhu, Yimei, Dagotto, Elbio, Yin, Lifeng, and Shen, Jian. Wed . "Nonmonotonic crossover in electronic phase separated manganite superlattices driven by the superlattice period". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.102.235107. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1756297.
@article{osti_1756297,
title = {Nonmonotonic crossover in electronic phase separated manganite superlattices driven by the superlattice period},
author = {Zhu, Yinyan and Ye, Biying and Li, Qiang and Liu, Hao and Miao, Tian and Wu, Lijun and Li, Lei and Lin, Lingfang and Zhu, Yi and Zhang, Zhe and Shi, Qian and Yang, Yulong and Du, Kai and Bai, Yu and Yu, Yang and Guo, Hangwen and Wang, Wenbin and Xu, Xiaoshan and Wu, Xiaoshan and Zhong, Zhicheng and Dong, Shuai and Zhu, Yimei and Dagotto, Elbio and Yin, Lifeng and Shen, Jian},
abstractNote = {Studying manganite superlattices [(LCMO)2n/(PCMO)n]t made of La0.625Ca0.375MnO3 (LCMO) and Pr0.625Ca0.375MnO3 (PCMO), we found an unexpected behavior varying the period n. At small n, the ensemble is a three-dimensional ferromagnetic metal due to interfacial charge transfer. At large n, the LCMO layers dominate transport. However, rather than a smooth interpolation between these limits a sharp transport and magnetic anomaly is found at an intermediate critical PCMO thickness n*. Magnetic force microscopy reveals that the phase-separation length scale also maximizes at n* where, unexpectedly, it becomes comparable to that of the (La1–yPry)0.625Ca0.375MnO3 (LPCMO) alloy. We conjecture the phenomenon originates in a disorder-related length scale: Large charge-ordered clusters as in LPCMO can only nucleate when Pr-rich regions reach a critical size related to n*.},
doi = {10.1103/physrevb.102.235107},
journal = {Physical Review B},
number = 23,
volume = 102,
place = {United States},
year = {Wed Dec 02 00:00:00 EST 2020},
month = {Wed Dec 02 00:00:00 EST 2020}
}

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