A local metallic state in globally insulating La 1.24 Sr 1.76 Mn 2 O 7 well above the metal-insulator transition

Nature Physics

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 248-252

  Sun, Z ^a,b   Douglas, J F ^a   Fedorov, A V ^b   Chuang, Y D ^b   Zheng, H ^c   Mitchell, J F ^c   Dessau, D S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER COMPOUNDS; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; ELECTRONS; FERMI LEVEL; INSULATION; LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; METAL INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; METALS; SEMICONDUCTOR INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS;

ANGLE-RESOLVED PHOTOEMISSION; COLOSSAL MAGNETORESISTIVE; CORRELATED ELECTRON SYSTEMS; COUNTER EXAMPLES; LOW-ENERGY ELECTRONIC EXCITATIONS; PSEUDOGAP TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE-INDUCED; UNDERDOPED CUPRATES;

METAL INSULATOR TRANSITION;

EID: 34047104904     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys517     Document Type: Article

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