Optical properties of (SrMnO3)n/(LaMnO 3)2 n superlattices: An insulator-to-metal transition observed in the absence of disorder

Nano Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 4819-4823

  Perucchi, Andrea ^a   Baldassarre, Leonetta ^a   Nucara, Alessandro ^b   Calvani, Paolo ^b   Adamo, Carolina ^c   Schlom, Darrell G ^c   Orgiani, Pasquale ^d   Maritato, Luigi ^d   Lupi, Stefano ^b  

^a SINCROTRONE TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ DI ROMA LA SAPIENZA   (Italy)

^c Cornell University   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SALERNO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Infrared spectroscopy; interfaces; magnetoresistance; superlattices; transition metal oxides

Indexed keywords

BULK MATERIALS; CHEMICAL DOPING; HETEROSTRUCTURES; INSULATOR-TO-METAL TRANSITIONS; INTERFACES; MIDINFRARED; TRANSITION METAL OXIDES;

ASTATINE; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETOELECTRONICS; MAGNETORESISTANCE; MANGANESE OXIDE; OPTICAL CONDUCTIVITY; SUPERLATTICES; TRANSITION METAL COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION METALS;

METAL INSULATOR TRANSITION;

EID: 78650142293     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl1022628     Document Type: Article

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