Enhancement of "intrinsic" magnetoresistance ratio and activation energy of La0.67Ca0.33MnO3 single crystals by Fe doping

• 来源期刊: 中国物理（英文版）
• 关键词: perovskite manganites colossal magnetoresistance (CMR) magnetic polarons
• 年，卷（期）: 2005,（8）
• 页码范围: 1653-1656
• 页数: 4页
• 语种: 英文

摘要

In order to avoid the complicated influence of grain boundaries on the resistivity in the investigation of the "intrinsic" magnetoresistance (MR) effect, the magnetic and magnetotransport properties of La0.67Ca0.33MnO3 and La0.67Ca0.33Mn0.96Fe0.04O3 single crystals were investigated. Owing to the absence of grain boundaries in the single crystals, MR ratio under 40× 105A/m is about two orders of magnitude larger than that in polycrystalline counterparts.A further enhancement of MR ratio from 3400% to 17600% was achieved by a few percent of Fe doping. On the basis of the small polaron model, the activation energy derived from fitting the resistivity above Tc was found to increase upon introducing Fe. A connection between the strong localization of electrons arising from magnetic polarons and the enhancement of MR was observed in the single crystals.