Reentrant insulating state in ultrathin manganite films

Bongju Kim; Daeyoung Kwon; Takeaki Yajima; Christopher Bell; Yasuyuki Hikita; Bog G. Kim; Harold Y. Hwang

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Reentrant insulating state in ultrathin manganite films

Bongju Kim, Daeyoung Kwon, Takeaki Yajima, Christopher Bell, Yasuyuki Hikita, Bog G. Kim, Harold Y. Hwang

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The transport and magnetic properties of La_0.7Sr _0.3MnO₃ thin-films grown by pulsed laser deposition on (LaAlO₃)_0.3(SrAl_0.5Ta_0.5O ₃)_0.7 single crystal substrates have been investigated. A systematic series with various thicknesses of La_0.7Sr _0.3MnO₃ was used to establish a phase diagram which showed a clear difference compared to films grown on SrTiO₃ substrates, highlighting the importance of film thickness, and substrate strain. At 8 unit cells, the boundary between the metallic and insulating groundstates, a second abrupt metal-insulator transition was observed at low temperatures, which could be tuned by magnetic field, and was interpreted as a signature of electronic phase separation.

Original language	English
Article number	092513
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	99
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3628659
Publication status	Published - Aug 29 2011
Externally published	Yes

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