Abstract
The electronic transport properties of charge-ordered Bi0.4Ca0.6MnO3 films
grown on a (110) SrTiO3 substrate are experimentally studied. Special attention
has been paid to the Hall effect around the charge-ordering (CO) transition. The
charge carriers are found to be electron-like, and the carrier density n exhibits
a significant change upon the CO transition: it is nearly constant above the
transition temperature Tco, ∼0.36 electrons/Mn, and reduces with decrease of
the temperature below Tco following the formula n ∝ exp(−EH/kBT ), with
an activation energy EH of ∼0.13 eV. In contrast, no obvious signatures of
thermal activation for Hall mobility were observed. Meanwhile, it is revealed
that magnetic field affects the resistivity by enhancing the carrier mobility of the
film in the course of the CO transition.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 442001 |
Journal | Journal of Physics Condensed Matter |
Volume | 19 |
Number of pages | 6 |
ISSN | 0953-8984 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2007 |
Externally published | Yes |