A phenomenological model based on phase separation between ferromagnetic metallic and paramagnetic insulating domains was applied to analyze the electrical transport and colossal magnetoresistance for mixed-valent man...A phenomenological model based on phase separation between ferromagnetic metallic and paramagnetic insulating domains was applied to analyze the electrical transport and colossal magnetoresistance for mixed-valent manganites of RE_(2/3)AE_(1/3)MnO_3. The results show that the model can yield results in agreement with experimental observations in these manganites. The present approach provides a simple picture to visualize the reason that the temperature dependence of resistance (with and without applied magnetic fields) in these compounds has the peculiar shape, without invoking any complicated concept.展开更多
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文摘A phenomenological model based on phase separation between ferromagnetic metallic and paramagnetic insulating domains was applied to analyze the electrical transport and colossal magnetoresistance for mixed-valent manganites of RE_(2/3)AE_(1/3)MnO_3. The results show that the model can yield results in agreement with experimental observations in these manganites. The present approach provides a simple picture to visualize the reason that the temperature dependence of resistance (with and without applied magnetic fields) in these compounds has the peculiar shape, without invoking any complicated concept.