Strain-enhanced phase separation affecting electro- and magnetotransport in La0.67Ca0.33MnO3 films

• Biaxial strain during nucleation influences phase separation into ferromagnetic (metallic) and nonferromagnetic (insulating) regions and that, in turn, markedly affects the electric transport of a manganite film. A 40-nm-thick La0.67Ca0.33MnO3 film, coherently constrained by a (001)LaAlO3 substrate, possesses a noticeably contracted unit cell volume (Veff[approximate]56.70 Å3) as compared with that of a stoichiometric bulk sample. It corresponds to a higher relative concentration (45%) of tetravalent manganese ions in the manganite layer than that in the target (33%). The resistivity rho(T) curve of the strained film peaks twice in the range 4.2300 K. The charge transport of strained La0.67Ca0.33MnO3 films is non-ohmic at T

Subject headings

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Materialteknik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Materials Engineering (hsv//eng)

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Fysik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Physical Sciences (hsv//eng)

Keyword

strain

manganite

phase separation

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