Thermal and electronic transport properties and two-phase mixtures in La a5/8-xPr xCa 3/8MnO 3

K. H. Kim, M. Uehara, C. Hess, P. A. Sharma, S. W. Cheong

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Abstract

We measured thermal conductivity κ, thermoelectric power S, and electric conductivity σ of La 5/8-xPr xCa 3/8MnO 3, showing an intricate interplay between metallic ferromagnetism (FM) and charge ordering (CO) instability. The change of zκ, S, and σ with temperature (r) and x agrees well with the effective medium theories for binary metal-insulator mixtures. This agreement clearly demonstrates that with the variation of T as well as x, the relative volumes of FM and CO phases drastically change and percolative metal-insulator transition occurs in the mixture of FM and CO domains.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Article number2961
JournalPhysical review letters
Volume84
Issue number13
DOIs
StatePublished - Mar 27 2000

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Physics and Astronomy(all)

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