2007年诺贝尔物理学奖

瑞典皇家科学院决定将2007年诺贝尔物理学奖授予法国的阿尔贝·费尔和德国的彼得·格林贝格尔，以表彰他们发现了“巨磁电阻”。

Thickness Impacts of Vacancy Defects in Epitaxial La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 Thin Films Using Slow Positron Beam

Thickness effects of thin La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 （LSMO） films on （LaAlOa）0.3（Sr2AlTaO6）0.7 substrates were examined by a slow positron beam technique. Doppler-broadening line shape parameter S was measured as a function of thickness and differnt annealing conditions. Results reveal there could be more than one mechanism to induce vacancy-like defects. It was found that strain-induced defects mainly influence the S value of the in situ oxygenambience annealing LSMO thin films and the strain could vanish still faster along with the increase of thickness, and the oxygen-deficient induced defects mainly affect the S value of post-annealing LSMO films.

INVESTIGATION ON MAGNETISM OF THE NANOMETER GRANULAR FILMS

The quantum phenomenological model has been proposed to investigate the magnetic property of nanometer magnetic granular film in an applied magnetic field.The magnetoresistance of the granular films with two distinct magnetic phases has been calculated by using Born approximation.The results show that the average scattering cross section of the magnetic cluster decreases with the increasing number n of the atom.The origin of the giant magnetoresistance comes from the spin dependent scattering between conduction electrons and magnetic granules and the field dependence of magnetoresistance and the quadratic relation of magnetoresistance on the rate of magnetic moment are in good agreement with the experiments reported.

First Principles Study of the Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Ce Doped SrMnO3

The electronic and magnetic properties of Ce doped SrMnO3 have been investigated us- ing the pseudo-potential plane wave method within the generalized gradient approximation method by first principles. The different Mn-O bond lengths indicate that there is a strong Jahn-Teller distortion of the MnO6 octahedron, which associates with a structural phase transition from cubic symmetry （Pm3m） to tetragonal symmetry （I4/mcm）, and the Jahn- Teller ordering stabilizes a chain like （C-type） antiferromagnetie ground state. The electronic structures indicate that SrMnO3 and Sr1-xCexMnO3 （z=0.125 and 0.25） are semiconductor and metallic, respectively. The doping of SrMnO3 with cerium induces simultaneously a decrease in the electrical resistivity, which can be attributed to the formation of Mn3＋ as a result of charge compensation. The density of states and charge density map present that hybridization exists between some of O bands with those of Mn and Ce bands, the bonding between Sr and O is mainly ionic. Density of states and magnetic moment calculations show that the formal valence state of the Ce ion is trivalence.

Grain Size Effect on Electrical Conductivity and Giant Magnetoresistance of Bulk Magnetic Polycrystals

By solving the Boltzmann transport equation and considering the spin-dependent grain boundary scattering, the distribution of electrons in grains and the electrical transport properties in the applied magnetic field are studied. With regard to the dominant influence of grain boundary scattering which is taken as a boundary condition for the electrical transport, the grain size-dependent electrical conductivity is investigated. In addition, the reorientation of the relative magnetization between grains brings the change of the electron spin when the magnetonanocrystailine material is subjected to the magnetic field, resulting in the remarkable giant magnetoresistance effect.

Giant magnetoresistance:history,development and beyond

With the discovery of giant magnetoresistance(GMR),research effort has been made to exploiting the influence of spins on the mobility of electrons in ferromagnetic materials and/or artificial structures,which has lead to the idea of spintronics.A brief introduction is given to GMR effects from scientific background to experimental observations and theoretical models.In addition,the mechanisms of various magnetoresistance beyond the GMR are reviewed,for instance,tunnelling magnetoresistance,colossal magnetoresistance,and magnetoresistance in ferromagnetic semiconductors,nanowires,organic spintronics and non-magnetic systems.

Research Progress on Colossal Anisotropic Magnetoresistive Effect

Perovskite manganites show exotic functionalities due to the coupling between spin, charge, orbital and lattice, such as metal-insulator transition, colossal magnetoresistance （ CMR ） , charge-orbital order and phase separation. Recently, an extraordinary anisotropic magnetoresistance （ AMR ） has been observed in perovskite manganite single crystals. The AMR value is about 2 orders larger than that of the conventional 3E transition metals and alloys, which is attributed to tunable metal-insulator transition temperature modulated by the magnetic field. This result provides a new route for exploring novel AMR materials and their applications.

Quasi one-dimensional van der Waals gold selenide with strong interchain interaction and giant magnetoresistance

The atomic structure of quasi one-dimensional(1D) van der Waals materials can be regarded as the stacking of atomic chains to form thin flakes or nanoribbons, which substantially differentiates them from typical two-dimensional(2D) layered materials and 1D nanotube/nanowire array. Here we present our studies on quasi 1D gold selenide(AuSe) that possesses highly anisotropic crystal structure, excellent electrical conductivity, giant magnetoresistance, and unusual reentrant metallic behavior. The low inplane symmetry of AuSe gives rise to its high anisotropy of vibrational behavior. In contrast, quasi 1D AuSe exhibits high in-plane electrical conductivity along the directions of both atomic chains and perpendicular one, which can be understood as a result of strong interchain interaction. We found that AuSe exhibits a near quadratic nonsaturating giant magnetoresistance of 1841% with the magnetic field perpendicular to its in-plane. We also observe unusual reentrant metallic behavior, which is caused by the carrier mismatch in the multiband transport. Our works help to establish fundamental understandings on quasi 1D van der Waals semimetallic AuSe and identify it as a new candidate for exploring giant magnetoresistance and compensated semimetals.