Composition-controlled metal-insulator transitions and minimum metallic conductivity in the oxide systems LaNi1−xMxO3 (M = Cr,Mn, Fe,or Co) |
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Authors: | P Ganguly NY Vasanthacharya CNR Rao PP Edwards |
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Institution: | Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore-560012, India;Inorganic Chemistry Department, University Chemical Laboratory, Lensfield Road, Cambridge CB2 1EW, United Kingdom |
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Abstract: | The composition-controlled metal-insulator transition in the perovskite systems LaNi1?xMxO3 (M = Cr, Mn, Fe, and Co) has been investigated by transport measurements over the temperature range 12–300 K. These systems, which have critical electron densities (nc) in the range (1–2) × 1020 electrons cm?3, exhibit sharp metal-insulator transitions at the base temperature. The corresponding minimum metallic conductivity (σmin), separating the localized and itinerant electronic regimes, is of the order of 102 ohm?1 cm?1. Particular attention is paid to the idea of σmin scaling with nc, and our present results are compared with earlier studies of the metal-insulator transition in low (e.g., Ge:Sb) and high (e.g., metal-ammonia, supercritical Hg) electron-density systems. A link is established between the transport and magnetic properties of the title systems at the metal-insulator transition. |
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