Author:
Zhang Kai,Du Kai,Liu Hao,Zhang X.-G.,Lan Fanli,Lin Hanxuan,Wei Wengang,Zhu Yinyan,Kou Yunfang,Shao Jian,Niu Jiebin,Wang Wenbin,Wu Ruqian,Yin Lifeng,Plummer E. W.,Shen Jian
Abstract
The interesting transport and magnetic properties in manganites depend sensitively on the nucleation and growth of electronic phase-separated domains. By fabricating antidot arrays in La0.325Pr0.3Ca0.375MnO3 (LPCMO) epitaxial thin films, we create ordered arrays of micrometer-sized ferromagnetic metallic (FMM) rings in the LPCMO films that lead to dramatically increased metal–insulator transition temperatures and reduced resistances. The FMM rings emerge from the edges of the antidots where the lattice symmetry is broken. Based on our Monte Carlo simulation, these FMM rings assist the nucleation and growth of FMM phase domains increasing the metal–insulator transition with decreasing temperature or increasing magnetic field. This study points to a way in which electronic phase separation in manganites can be artificially controlled without changing chemical composition or applying external field.
Publisher
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Cited by
15 articles.
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