Abstract
The magnetic and transport properties of a 20-nm-scale twinned La0.65Ca0.35MnO3 film have been investigated in a temperature range of 77-300 K. The coexistence of ferromagnetic metallic (FM) and charge-ordered insulating (COI) phases is suggested based on analysis of resistance temperature and current dependencies at low temperatures. It is shown that thermocycling leads to formation of a non-equilibrium state in the ensemble of the charge-ordered domains and to appearance of a giant (up to 100%) resistance switching between MF and COI states. The experimental results are discussed from the viewpoint of the phase separation phenomenon.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 403-407 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Physica B: Physics of Condensed Matter |
| Volume | 334 |
| Issue number | 3-4 |
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| State | Published - Jul 2003 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Funding
This work was supported by Korea Research Foundation Grant KRF-2001-015-DS0015.
Keywords
- Charge-ordered insulating phase
- Ferromagnetic metallic phase
- Hole doped perovskite manganites
- Nano-scale twinned film
- Resistance switching