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Subjects Phase separation and nano-structure in strongly correlated materials
Representative researcher Osaka Prefecture University Shigeo Mori
Joint researcher Osaka Prefecture University Yoichi Horibe
Manganites with perovskite structure show peculiar properties such as colossal magnetoresistanece (CMR) effect and metal-to-insulator (MI) transition accompanying the charge and orbital ordering. In this study, magnetic domain structures in the CMR manganites; La5/8-xPrxCa3/8MnO3 ,(Nd1-xSmx)1/2Sr1/2MnO3 and Nd0.5Ca0.5Mn1-yCryO3 were investigated by the low-temperature Lorentz electron microscopy. In La5/8-xPrxCa3/8MnO3 for x=0.375 it is found that two types of characteristic ferromagnetic (FM) domain structure appear below the MI transition temperature around 100K. One is a typical large-scaled FM domain structure and the other is a much smaller ( a few tens of nanometers) striped-like FM domain structure. In addition, the spatial distribution of the charge/orbital ordered (CO/OO) insulator state and the ferromagnetic (FM) metallic one in La5/8-xPrxCa3/8MnO3 for x=0.375 were clearly demonstrated. The coexisting states are crucial to understand the peculiar properties found in manganites.