Journal of Materials Science, Vol.34, No.8, 1829-1833, 1999
Interfacial tunnel-type GMR in granular perovskite La-Sr-Mn-O system
The magnetic transport properties in granular perovskite system La1-xSrxMnO3 have been investigated. The spin-dependent interfacial tunneling and the corresponding giant magnetoresistance (GMR) effect have been observed in the whole region of temperature below the Curie point T-c for the samples with concentration x from 0.05 to 0.45. Theoretical analysis shows that the interfacial tunneling originates from the difference in magnetism between the grain surfaces and the cores, and the tunnel-type GMR stems from the field-induced change of interfacial magnetic order.