title: Half-Metallic Behavior in Doped Sr2CrOsO6 Double Perovskite with High Transition Temperature.
abstract: Half-metallic magnets with metallic behavior in one spin channel and insulating in the other, have attracted considerable attention due to their potential application possibility. The spin-dependent nature of the carrier scattering due to half-metallic nature of these materials, allows for the resistance to be strongly influenced by the low magnetic field. However, the operating temperatures of such known materials are generally low, opening up the need for half-metallic magnets with high transition temperatures. The double perovskites having general formula A2BB'O6 with alternating ordered arrangement of two transition metal sites, B and B' offer an attractive possibility in this respect. Here, we consider the case of Sr2CrOsO6, which is a ferrimagnetic insulator with transition temperature (Tc) of 725 K, highest ever known in the oxide family, and show that moderate amount of La and Na doping at Sr site can drive the compound half-metallic with high Tc.
authors.affiliation: Department of Condensed Matter Physics and Material Sciences, S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, JD Block, Sector-III, Salt Lake City, Kolkata 700 098, India.
authors.forename: Kartik
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Samanta
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee 247667, India.
authors.forename: Prabuddha
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Sanyal
authors.affiliation: Department of Condensed Matter Physics and Material Sciences, S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, JD Block, Sector-III, Salt Lake City, Kolkata 700 098, India.
authors.forename: Tanusri
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Saha-Dasgupta