| Literature DB >> 17155428 |
Hong-Ying Zhai1, J X Ma, D T Gillaspie, X G Zhang, T Z Ward, E W Plummer, J Shen.
Abstract
Optical lithography is used to fabricate LPCMO wires starting from a single (La(5/8-0.3)Pr(0.3))Ca3/8MnO3 (LPCMO) film epitaxially grown on a LaAlO3(100) substrate. As the width of the wires is decreased, the resistivity of the LPCMO wires exhibits giant and ultrasharp steps upon varying temperature and magnetic field in the vicinity of the metal-insulator transition. The origin of the ultrasharp transitions is attributed to the effect of spatial confinement on the percolative transport in manganites.Entities:
Year: 2006 PMID: 17155428 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.167201
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Phys Rev Lett ISSN: 0031-9007 Impact factor: 9.161