title: Tuning the metal-insulator transition in manganite films through surface exchange coupling with magnetic nanodots.
abstract: In strongly correlated electronic systems, the global transport behavior depends sensitively on spin ordering. We show that spin ordering in manganites can be controlled by depositing isolated ferromagnetic nanodots at the surface. The exchange field at the interface is tunable with nanodot density and makes it possible to overcome dimensionality and strain effects in frustrated systems to greatly increasing the metal-insulator transition and magnetoresistance. These findings indicate that electronic phase separation can be controlled by the presence of magnetic nanodots.
authors.affiliation: Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37830, USA. wardtz@ornl.gov
authors.forename: T Z
authors.initials: TZ
authors.lastname: Ward
authors.forename: Z
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authors.lastname: Gai
authors.forename: X Y
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authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: H W
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: L F
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authors.lastname: Yin
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authors.lastname: Shen