The effect of oxygen annealing on the structural and transport properties of La0.7Ca0.3MnO3 thin films deposited on SrTiO3 substrates has been investigated by x-ray diffraction analysis and resistive measurements. The as-grown films are fully tensile strained on the substrates and show a depressed metal-insulator transition temperature Tp=131 K. As the oxygen content is increased due to longer annealing times, significantly higher Tp are measured, up to 247 K. Correspondingly, an increase of the out-of-plane lattice parameter is observed while the in-plane lattice constants do not change with respect to the as-grown films, which prevents any interpretation of a Tp dependence on the strain. The large increase in Tp is then interpreted in terms of a combined effect of the Mn4+/Mn3+ ratio variation, the change in the carrier density in the a-b planes, and the increase in the hydrostatic strain with the oxygen annealing.
Salvato, M., Vecchione, A., De Santis, A., Bobba, F., Cucolo, A. (2005). Metal-insulating transition temperature enhancement in La0.7Ca0.3MnO3 Thin Films. JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS, 97, 1037121-1037125 [10.1063/1.1898451].
Metal-insulating transition temperature enhancement in La0.7Ca0.3MnO3 Thin Films
SALVATO, MATTEO;
2005-01-01
Abstract
The effect of oxygen annealing on the structural and transport properties of La0.7Ca0.3MnO3 thin films deposited on SrTiO3 substrates has been investigated by x-ray diffraction analysis and resistive measurements. The as-grown films are fully tensile strained on the substrates and show a depressed metal-insulator transition temperature Tp=131 K. As the oxygen content is increased due to longer annealing times, significantly higher Tp are measured, up to 247 K. Correspondingly, an increase of the out-of-plane lattice parameter is observed while the in-plane lattice constants do not change with respect to the as-grown films, which prevents any interpretation of a Tp dependence on the strain. The large increase in Tp is then interpreted in terms of a combined effect of the Mn4+/Mn3+ ratio variation, the change in the carrier density in the a-b planes, and the increase in the hydrostatic strain with the oxygen annealing.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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