Competing instabilities and metastable states in (Nd, Sm)(1/2)Sr1/2MnO3

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Tokura, Y [1 ]
Kuwahara, H [1 ]
Moritomo, Y [1 ]
Tomioka, Y [1 ]
Asamitsu, A [1 ]
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[1] UNIV TOKYO, DEPT APPL PHYS, TOKYO 113, JAPAN
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.76.3184
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O4 [物理学];
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Competition between the ferromagnetic double-exchange interaction and the antiferromagnetic charge-ordering instability gives rise to thermally as well as magnetic field (H) induced insulator-metal transitions in distorted perovskites (Nd1-ySmy)(1/2)Sr1/2MnO3 with a controlled one-electron bandwidth. A systematic study on the metal-insulator phase diagram in the T-H plane with varying y as well as a high-pressure study has revealed the metastable nature of the undercooled ferromagnetic metallic state.
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