Evidence for nano-scale inhomogeneities in bilayer manganites in the Mn\sp{4+} rich region: $\bm{0.54 \leq x \leq 0.80}$

Details Evidence for nano-scale inhomogeneities in bilayer manganites in the Mn\sp{4+} rich region: $\bm{0.54 \leq x \leq 0.80}$ Evidence for nano-scale inhomogeneities in bilayer manganites in the Mn\sp{4+} rich region: $\bm{0.54 \leq x \leq 0.80}$

2003-07-25

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0307652v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

7 pages, 8 figures

Scientific paper

10.1016/j.jpcs.2003.11.040

The atomic pair distribution function (PDF) technique is employed to probe the atomic local structural responses in naturally double layered manganites \lsmo in the doping range $0.54 \leq x \leq 0.80$. Our low temperature neutron powder diffraction measurements suggest the coexistence of two different Jahn-Teller (JT) distorted MnO$_6$ octahedra when its ordered magnetic structure crosses over from type A ($0.54 \leq x \leq 0.66$) to type C/C$^*$ ($0.74 \leq x \leq 0.90$) ordering. At all doping levels at low temperature the doped holes reside predominantly in the plane of the bilayer. In the type A magnetic ordering regime, the e$_g$ electrons appear to be significantly delocalized in the plane resulting in undistorted octahedra, while in type C/C$^*$ regime, elongated JT distorted octahedra are apparent. This is consistent with the presence of inhomogeneous coexisting delocalized and localized electronic states. No evidence of macroscopic phase separation has been observed. Such nanoscale inhomogeneities may explain the magnetically frustrated behavior observed in the spin disordered ``gap'' region ($0.66 \leq x \leq 0.74$).

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