TY - JOUR
T1 - Metal-insulator transition and its relation to magnetic structure in (LaMnO3)2n/(SrMnO3)n Superlattices
AU - Bhattacharya, A.
AU - May, S. J.
AU - Te Velthuis, S. G.E.
AU - Warusawithana, M.
AU - Zhai, X.
AU - Jiang, Bin
AU - Zuo, J. M.
AU - Fitzsimmons, M. R.
AU - Bader, S. D.
AU - Eckstein, J. N.
PY - 2008/6/27
Y1 - 2008/6/27
N2 - Superlattices of (LaMnO3)2n/(SrMnO3)n (1≤n≤5), composed of the gapped insulators LaMnO3 and SrMnO3, undergo a metal-insulator transition as a function of n, being metallic for n≤2 and insulating for n3. 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 n3 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.
AB - Superlattices of (LaMnO3)2n/(SrMnO3)n (1≤n≤5), composed of the gapped insulators LaMnO3 and SrMnO3, undergo a metal-insulator transition as a function of n, being metallic for n≤2 and insulating for n3. 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 n3 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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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.257203
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.257203
M3 - Article
C2 - 18643699
AN - SCOPUS:46349106938
SN - 0031-9007
VL - 100
JO - Physical review letters
JF - Physical review letters
IS - 25
M1 - 257203
ER -