• Proceedings of the Korean Magnestics Society Conference
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• 2007.05a
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• pp.75.1-75.1
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• 2007

• Proceedings of the Korean Magnestics Society Conference
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• 2008.12a
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• pp.47.1-47.1
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• 2008

• Proceedings of the Korean Magnestics Society Conference
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• 2015.05a
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• pp.34-35
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• 2015

• Proceedings of the Korean Vacuum Society Conference
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• 1999.07a
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• pp.145-145
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• 1999

La-Ca-Mn-O (LCMO) 박막에서 초거대 자기 저항 효과와 발견된 이후 자기 센서와 고밀도 자기 저장 매체로서 응용하기 위한 연구가 진행되고 있다. 그러나 현재 대부분의 증착은 타겟과 박막간의 조성의 일치를 위하여 PLD 방법을 이용하고 있으며 RF magnetron sputtering 법으로 증착한 예는 많이 보고되고 있지 않으며 특히 적층 성장시킨 예는 아직 보고되지 있지 않다. 또한 LCMO와의 낮은 격자 상수 불일치를 보이는 SrTiO3와 LaAlO3 기판에 LCMO 박막을 성장시킬 경우 LaAlO3의 경우 XRD rocking curve의 curve의 FWHM 값이 SrTiO3 상에 증착시킨 것의 10배 이상의 값을 보인다는 것은 주목할 만한 사실이다. RF magnetron sputtering 법을 이용하여 LaAlO3 기판상에 145nm MCMO 박막을 적층성장시켰다. XRD $ heta$-2$\theta$ scan을 통해 박막이 c-축 배향한 것을 확인할 수 있었으며 RBS 분석결과 4.98%의 minimumyield를 보였으며 이로부터 박막이 적층성장한 것을 확인할 수 있었다. LCMO (200) peak의 XRD $\theta$-rocking 결과 FWHM의 값은 0.311$^{\circ}$를 보였으나 2개의 피크가 존재하는 것을 볼 수 있었다. 따라서 기판의 (200) 피크를 XRD $\theta$-2$\theta$ scan에서 0.3$^{\circ}$ 간격으로 두 개의 피크를 관찰할 수 있었는데 이는 기판과 박막간의 stress로 인한 tetragonal distortion에 의한 것으로 알려져 있었다. 따라서 기판상에 박막이 어떤 식으로 적층 성장되었는지를 RBS를 이용하여 <001>과 <011> 방향으로 2MeV He++를 주입하여 0.1$^{\circ}$ 간격으로 틸팅을 해본 결과 <001> 방향에서는 1.12$^{\circ}$의 차이를 보였다. 이는 기판과의 compressive stress로 인해 c축 방향으로 늘어났으며 stress relaxed layer는 XRD 결과와는 달리 관찰할 수 없었다. 이러한 현상의 기판 자체의 twin 구조로 인한 것으로 생각된다. RBS 분석후 고분해능 XRD를 이용해 LCMO (200) peak의 $\theta$-rocking 결과 이제R지 laAlO3 상 증착한 LCMO의 값으로는 제일 작은 0.147$^{\circ}$를 나타내었다.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.137-141
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• 2010

The $(1-x)La_{0.7}Sr_{0.3}MnO_3(LSMO)/xZnFe_2O_4$(ZFO) (x = 0, 0.01, 0.03, 0.06 and 0.09) composites were prepared by a conventional solid-state reaction method. We investigated the structural properties, magnetic properties and electrical transport properties of (1-x)LSMO/xZFO composites using X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), field-cooled dc magnetization and magnetoresistance (MR) measurements. The XRD and SEM results indicate that LSMO and ZFO coexist in the composites and the ZFO mostly segregates at the grain boundaries of LSMO, which agreed well with the results of the magnetic measurements. The resistivity of the samples increased by the increase of the ZFO doping level. A clear metal-to-insulator (M-I) transition was observed at 360K in pure LSMO. The introduction of ZFO further downshifted the transition temperature (350K-160K) while the transition disappeared in the sample (x = 0.09) and it presented insulating/semiconducting behavior in the measured temperature range (100K to 400K). The MR was measured in the presence of the 10kOe field. Compared with pure LSMO, the enhancement of low-field magnetoresistance (LFMR) was observed in the composites. It was clearly observed that the magnetoresistance effect of x = 0.03 was enhanced at room temperature range. These phenomena can be explained using the double-exchange (DE) mechanism, the grain boundary effect and the intrinsic transport properties together.

• Progress in Superconductivity and Cryogenics
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• v.25 no.2
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• pp.10-13
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• 2023

High-T_C superconductivity (HTSC) has been the central issue in the field of condensed matter physics for decades. An essential part of the research on superconductivity is finding new exotic superconductors. It was recently suggested that Ir-substituted La_0.7Sr_0.3MnO₃ (LSMIO) is a new high-T_C superconductor. However, systematic studies to experimentally verify the superconductivity have not been done. Here, we report the growth processes of LSMIO thin films and their electrical transport properties. We observed a clear negative correlation between the intensity of the laser utilized for film deposition and the Curie temperature of the deposited film. We attributed this effect to the suppression of Sr concentration in the LSMIO films as the laser intensity increased. However, our LSMIO films show conventional ferromagnetism instead of HTSC. To realize the HTSC in LSMIO systems, further exploration of diverse compositions of LSMIO compounds is essential.

• Korean Journal of Materials Research
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• v.21 no.4
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• pp.216-219
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• 2011

Perovskite manganites such as $RE_{1-x}A_xMnO_3$ (RE = rare earth, A = Ca, Sr, Ba) have been the subject of intense research in the last few years, ever since the discovery that these systems demonstrate colossal magnetoresistance (CMR). The CMR is usually explained with the double-exchange (DE) mechanism, and CMR materials have potential applications for magnetic switching, recording devices, and more. However, the intrinsic CMR effect is usually found under the conditions of a magnetic field of several Teslas and a narrow temperature range near the Curie temperature ($T_c$). This magnetic field and temperature range make practical applications impossible. Recently, another type of MR, called the low-field magnetoresistance(LFMR), has also been a research focus. This MR is typically found in polycrystalline half-metallic ferromagnets, and is associated with the spin-dependent charge transport across grain boundaries. Composites with compositions $La_{0.7}(Ca_{1-x}Sr_x)_{0.3}MnO_3)]_{0.99}/(BaTiO_3)_{0.01}$ $[(LCSMO)_{0.99}/(BTO)_{0.01}]$were prepared with different Sr doping levels x by a standard ceramic technique, and their electrical transport and magnetoresistance (MR) properties were investigated. The structure and morphology of the composites were studied by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electronic microscopy (SEM). BTO peaks could not be found in the XRD pattern because the amount of BTO in the composites was too small. As the content of x decreased, the crystal structure changed from orthorhombic to rhombohedral. This change can be explained by the fact that the crystal structure of pure LCMO is orthorhombic and the crystal structure of pure LSMO is rhombohedral. The SEM results indicate that LCSMO and BTO coexist in the composites and BTO mostly segregates at the grain boundaries of LCSMO, which are in accordance with the results of the magnetic measurements. The resistivity of all the composites was measured in the range of 90-400K at 0T, 0.5T magnetic field. The result indicates that the MR of the composites increases systematically as the Ca concentration increases, although the transition temperature $T_c$ shifts to a lower range.

• 한국초전도학회:학술대회논문집
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• v.9
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• pp.200-205
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• 1999

In the ferromagnetic phase with electrons for La$_{1-x}$(Ca or Sr)$_x$MnO$_3$, films, a remnant resistivity of the order of 10$^{-8}$ ${\omega}$m is observed up to 100 K and increases exponentially with temperature up to T$_c$ and above one Tesla as a function of magnetic field strength (a positive magnetoresistivity). The phase below T$_c$ is regarded as a polaronic state with a polaronic tunneling conduction. Possible p-wave condensation (or superconductor) with a parabolic density of states and the phase separation are discussed on the basis of the two-fold degeneracy of ${\varrho}_{\delta}$ orbitals.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.45 no.3
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• pp.209-214
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• 2007

Sr hexaaluminate($Sr_{1-x}La_xMnAl_{11}O_{19-\alpha}$) were prepared by sol-gel method of metal alkoxide with 1-butanol or ethylene glycol as a solvent. The physical properties of prepared hexaaluminates were examined by TG/DTA, XRD and $N_2$ adsorption. When ethylene glycol was used as a solvent, the decomposition reaction and dehydroxylation reaction was observed above $400^{\circ}C$ and the temperature of the formation of a crystal structure of hexaaluminate was also increased resulting in small specific surface area and low catalytic activity of methane compared to Sr-hexaaluminate with 1-butanol.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.19 no.6
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• pp.661-666
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• 1998

Active reaction sites and electrochemical O2 reduction kinetics on La_{1-x}Sr_xMnO_{3+{\delta}} (x=0.1-0.4)/YSZ (yttria-stabilized zirconia) electrodes are investigated in the temperature range of 700-900 ℃ at $Po_2=10^{-3}$-0.21 atm. Results of the steady-state polarization measurements, which are formulated into the Butler-Volmer formalism to extract transfer coefficient values, lead us to conclude that the two-electron charge transfer step to atomically adsorbed oxygen is rate-limiting. The same conclusion is drawn from the $Po_2$-dependent ac impedance measurements, where the exponent m in the relationship of $I_o$ (exchange current density) ∝ $P_{o_{2}}^m$ is analyzed. Chemical analysis is performed on the quenched Mn perovskites to estimate their oxygen stoichiometry factors (δ) at the operating temperature (700-900 ℃). Here, the observed δ turns out to become smaller as both the Sr-doping contents (x) and the measured temperature increase. A comparison between the 8 values and cathodic activity of Mn perovskites reveals that the cathodic transfer coefficients $({\alpha}_c)$ for oxygen reduction reaction are inversely proportional to δ whereas the anodic ones $({\alpha}_a)$ show the opposite trend, reflecting that the surface oxygen vacancies on Mn perovskites actively participate in the $O_2$ reduction reaction. Among the samples of x= 0.1-0.4, the manganite with x=0.4 exhibits the smallest 8 value (even negative), and consistently this electrode shows the highest ${\alpha}_c$ and the best cathodic activity for the oxygen reduction reaction.