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A nature of low-temperature resistivity minimum in ceramic manganites

E. Rozenberg, M. Auslender, I. Felner, G. Gorodetsky

cond-mat.dis-nnarXiv:cond-mat/0007363

Abstract

Measurements of magnetoresistance and magnetization were carried out on ceramic samples of La0.5Pb0.5MnO3 and La0.5Pb0.5MnO3, containing 10 at. % Ag in a dispersed form. The results obtained for the resistivity at zero applied magnetic field exhibit a shallow minimum at temperatures T about 25 K - 30 K, which shifts towards lower temperatures upon applying magnetic field and disappears at a certain (rather low) field. Also the resistivity at helium temperature decreases upon applying magnetic fields. It is shown that the model of spin-dependent carrier tunneling between antiferromagnetically coupled grains may account for the results observed.

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