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Nonlinear Transport In Nanoscale Phase Separated Colossal Magnetoresistive Oxide Thin Films, V. R. Singh, L. Zhang, Anil Rajapitamahuni, N. Devries, Xia Hong

Materials Research Science and Engineering Center: Faculty Publications

We report a study of the I-V characteristics of 2.5–5.4 nm epitaxial La_1xSr_xMnO₃ (x = 0.33 and 0.5) and La_0.7Ca_0.3MnO₃ thin films. While La_0.67Sr_0.33MnO₃ films exhibit linear conduction over the entire temperature and magnetic field ranges investigated, we observe a strong correlation between the linearity of the I-V relation and the metal-insulator transition in highly phase separated La_0.5Sr_0.5MnO₃ and La_0.7Ca_0.3MnO₃ films. Linear I-V behavior has been observed in the high temperature paramagnetic insulating phase, and …