多晶La0.7Sr0.3MnO3的低温输运性质和磁电阻效应

详细研究了由纳米晶粒组成的块体多晶La_0.7Sr_0.3MnO₃(LSM)的电阻率和磁电阻效应,以及它们的温度依赖性.随着温度从室温降低,电阻率(ρ)在250K附近存在一最大值,低于该温度后,样品表现为金属导电特性,随后在50K附近存在一极小值.也就是说在低于50K的温度范围内,随着温度降低ρ反而升高,表现为绝缘体性的导电特性.经研究发现,这种随温度降低ρ反而增加的现象与隧穿效应的理论模型(lnρ∝T^-1/2)符合得很好关键词：0.7Sr_0.3MnO₃')" href="#">多晶La_0.7Sr_0.3MnO₃隧道效应隧道磁电阻效应

Transport properties and magnetoresistance effect of polycrystalline La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 at low temperatures

The resistivity and magnetoresistance of bulk polycrystalline La_0.7Sr_0.3MnO₃(LSM), deliberately fabricated to produce nanoscale grains, has been investigated as functions of temperature. With decreasing temperature below room temperature the resistivity (ρ) exhibits a maximum near 250K, below which it displays a “metallic" behaviour. However, ρ exhibits subsequently a minimum near 50K, below which it is well fit by the predictions for the tunneling of conduction electrons through insulating interfacial layers viz. lnρ∝T^-1/2, a result interpreted as conduction-electron tunneling between adjacent LSM granules. The minimum of ρ occurs in this particular sample may result from the competition of the tunneling effect and the intrinsic transport mechanism of LSM. The temperature dependence of the associated tunneling magnetoresistance is also reported in this low temperature regime.