Giant room-temperature magnetoresistance in polycrystalline Zn(0.41)Fe(2.59)O4 with alpha-Fe2O3 grain boundaries |
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| Authors: | Chen P Xing D Y Du Y W Zhu J M Feng D |
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| Institution: | National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China. |
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| Abstract: | A tunneling-type magnetoresistance (MR) as large as 158% is observed at T = 300 K in a polycrystalline Zn0.41Fe2.59O4 sample, in which the Zn0.41Fe2.59O4 grains are separated by insulating alpha-Fe2O3 boundaries. The huge room-temperature MR is attributed to the high spin polarization of Zn(0.41)Fe(2.59)O4 grains and antiferromagnetic correlations between magnetic domains on both sides of the insulating alpha-Fe2O3 boundary. The MR exhibits strong temperature dependence below 100 K and its magnitude is enhanced to reach 1280% at 4.2 K, which may arise from the Coulomb blockade effect. |
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