Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2010-11-29
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
6 pages, 5 figures
Scientific paper
Multiterminal measurements have typically been employed to examine electronic properties of strongly correlated electronic materials such as transition metal oxides without the influence of contact effects. In contrast, in this work we investigate the interface properties of Fe$_3$O$_4$ with different metals, with the contact effects providing a window on the physics at work in the correlated oxide. Contact resistances are determined by means of four-terminal electrical measurements as a function of source voltage and temperature. Contact resistances vary systematically with the work function of the electrode metal, $\phi(M)$, $M=$Cu, Au and Pt, with higher work function yielding lower contact resistance. This trend and the observation that contact resistances are directly proportional to the Fe$_3$O$_4$ resistivity are consistent with modeling the oxide as an effective $p$-type semiconductor with hopping transport. The jumps in contact resistance values at the bias-driven insulator-metal transition have a similar trend with $\phi$($M$), consistent with the transition mechanism of charge gap closure by electric field.
Fursina Alexandra
Natelson Douglas
Shvets Igor V.
Sofin R. G. S.
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