Physics – Condensed Matter – Strongly Correlated Electrons
Scientific paper
2006-07-19
Physics
Condensed Matter
Strongly Correlated Electrons
4 pages, 3 figures included, RevTeX, Submitted to PRB
Scientific paper
We have studied the effect of substrate-induced strain on the properties of the hole-doped manganite (La$_{1-y}$Pr$_{y}$)$_{0.67}$Ca$_{0.33}$MnO$_{3}$ ($y$ = 0.4, 0.5 and 0.6) in order to distinguish between the roles played by long-range strain interactions and quenched atomic disorder in forming the micrometer-scale phase separated state. We show that a fluid phase separated (FPS) state is formed at intermediate temperatures similar to the strain-liquid state in bulk compounds, which can be converted to a metallic state by applying an external electric field. In contrast to bulk compounds, at low temperatures a strain stabilized ferromagnetic metallic (FMM) state is formed in the $y$ = 0.4 and 0.5 samples. However, in the $y$ = 0.6 sample a static phase separated (SPS) state is formed similar to the strain-glass phase in bulk compounds. Hence, we show that long-range strain interaction plays a dominant role in forming the micrometer-scale phase separated state in manganite thin films.
Biswas Amlan
Dhakal Tara
Tosado Jacob
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