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Metal-insulator transition and its relation to magnetic structure in (LaMnO3)2n/(SrMnO3)n superlattices
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Metal-insulator transition and its relation to magnetic structure in (LaMnO3)2n/(SrMnO3)n superlattices

A Bhattacharya, S J May, S G E te Velthuis, M Warusawithana, X Zhai, Bin Jiang, J-M Zuo, M R Fitzsimmons, S D Bader and J N Eckstein
Physical review letters, v 100(25), 257203
27 Jun 2008
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.257203
PMID: 18643699
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https://arxiv.org/pdf/0710.1452View
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Abstract

Superlattices of (LaMnO3){2n}/(SrMnO3){n} (1<or=n<or=5), composed of the gapped insulators LaMnO3 and SrMnO3, undergo a metal-insulator transition as a function of n, being metallic for n<or=2 and insulating for n>or=3. Measurements of transport, magnetization, and polarized neutron reflectivity reveal that the ferromagnetism is relatively uniform in the metallic state, and is strongly modulated in the insulating state, being high in LaMnO3 and suppressed in SrMnO3. The modulation is consistent with a Mott transition driven by the proximity between the (LaMnO3)/(SrMnO3) interfaces. The insulating state for n>or=3 obeys variable range hopping at low temperatures. We suggest that this is due to states at the Fermi level that emerge at the (LaMnO3)/(SrMnO3) interfaces and are localized by disorder.

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