Hopping transport in SrTiO3/Nd1–xTiO3/SrTiO3 heterostructures
- Univ. of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN (United States)
Electronic transport near the insulator-metal transition is investigated in the molecular beam epitaxy-grown SrTiO3/Nd1–xTiO3/SrTiO3 heterostructures using temperature dependent magnetotransport measurements. It was found that Nd vacancies introduce localized electronic states resulting in variable range hopping transport at low temperatures. At a fixed Nd-vacancy concentration, a crossover from Mott to Efros-Shklovskii variable range hopping transport was observed with decreasing temperature. With increasing disorder, a sign reversal of magnetoresistance from positive to negative was observed revealing interplay between intra-state interaction and the energy dependence of the localization length. Furthermore, these findings highlight the important role of stoichiometry when exploring intrinsic effects using heterostructure and interfaces in addition to offering broad opportunities to tailor low temperature transport using nonstoichiometry defects.
- Research Organization:
- Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0016371; SC-0016371
- OSTI ID:
- 1612521
- Alternate ID(s):
- OSTI ID: 1546422
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review Materials, Vol. 3, Issue 6; ISSN 2475-9953
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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