Magnetic and transport properties driven by lattice strain in La₀.₇Ca₀.₃MnO₃/BaTiO₃ and La₀.₇Sr₀.₃MnO₃/BaTiO₃ bilayered films

• Date: 2007
• Main Authors: Prokhorov, V.G., Komashko, V.A., Kaminsky, G.G., Yu, K.K., Jun, S.J., Park, S.Y., Park, J.S., Lee, Y.P., Svetchnikov, V.L.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Фізико-технічний інститут низьких температур ім. Б.І. Вєркіна НАН України 2007
• Series: Физика низких температур
• Subjects: Низкотемпеpатуpный магнетизм
• Online Access: https://nasplib.isofts.kiev.ua/handle/123456789/127503
• Journal Title: Digital Library of Periodicals of National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
• Cite this: Magnetic and transport properties driven by lattice strain in La₀.₇Ca₀.₃MnO₃/BaTiO₃ and La₀.₇Sr₀.₃MnO₃/BaTiO₃ bilayered films / V.G. Prokhorov, V.A. Komashko, G.G. Kaminsky, K.K. Yu, S.J. Jun, S.Y. Park, J.S. Park, Y.P. Lee, V.L. Svetchnikov, // Fizika Nizkikh Temperatur. — 2007. — Т. 33, № 1. — С. 78-87. — Бібліогр.: 50 назв. — англ.

The microstructure and the magnetic and transport properties of La₀.₇Ca₀.₃MnO₃ and La₀.₇Sr₀.₃MnO₃ films deposited on a BaTiO₃ layer (LCMO/BTO and LSMO/BTO) and on a LaAlO₃ (001) single crystal (LCMO/LAO and LSMO/LAO) by rf-magnetron sputtering using «soft» (or powder) targets are investigated. The films grown on BTO demonstrate biaxial tensile in-plane and compressive out-of-plane strains, while the films grown on LAO, in contrast, manifest compressive in-plane and tensile out-of-plane strains. The films with biaxial tensile in-plane lattice strain undergo the magnetic transition at a higher temperature than that for the biaxial compressive case. This argues that the Mn–O–Mn bond-angle variation, controlled by the lattice strain, plays a more important role in the formation of the spin ordering than the attendant modification of the Mn–O bond length. It was shown that the magnetic inhomogeneity, expressed by a significant difference between the field-cooled and zero-field-cooled temperature-dependent magnetization, has a metallurgical rather than an electronic nature, and is controlled by the crystal lattice distortion and the microstructure defects. The observed enhancement of the magnetoresistance effect in the LSMO/BTO bilayer at room temperature make this object greatly beneficial in the development of new hybrid ferromagnetic/ferroelectric devices.