TY  - JOUR
AU  - Herpers, Anja
AU  - O’Shea, Kerry J.
AU  - MacLaren, Donald A.
AU  - Noyong, Michael
AU  - Rösgen, Bernd
AU  - Simon, Ulrich
AU  - Dittmann, Regina
TI  - Competing strain relaxation mechanisms in epitaxially grown Pr$_{0.48}$Ca$_{0.52}$MnO$_{3}$ on SrTiO$_{3}$
JO  - APL materials
VL  - 2
IS  - 10
SN  - 2166-532X
CY  - Melville, NY
PB  - AIP Publ.
M1  - FZJ-2015-00509
SP  - 106106
PY  - 2014
AB  - We investigated the impact of strain relaxation on the current transport of Pr0.48Ca0.52MnO3 (PCMO) thin films grown epitaxially on SrTiO3 single crystals by pulsed laser deposition. The incorporation of misfit dislocations and the formation of cracks are identified as competing mechanisms for the relaxation of the biaxial tensile strain. Crack formation leads to a higher crystal quality within the domains but the cracks disable the macroscopic charge transport through the PCMO layer. Progressive strain relaxation by the incorporation of misfit dislocations, on the other hand, results in a significant decrease of the activation energy for polaron hopping with increasing film thickness.
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
UR  - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000344588400009
DO  - DOI:10.1063/1.4900817
UR  - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/186433
ER  -