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  • Title: Using half-metallic manganite interfaces to reveal insights into spintronics.
    Author: Bowen M, Maurice JL, Barthélémy A, Bibes M, Imhoff D, Bellini V, Bertacco R, Wortmann D, Seneor P, Jacquet E, Vaurès A, Humbert J, Contour JP, Colliex C, Blügel S, Dederichs PH.
    Journal: J Phys Condens Matter; 2007 Aug 08; 19(31):315208. PubMed ID: 21694108.
    Abstract:
    A half-metal has been defined as a material with propagating electron states at the Fermi energy only for one of the two possible spin projections, and as such has been promoted as an interesting research direction for spin electronics. This review details recent advances on manganite thin film research within the field of spintronics, before presenting the structural, electronic and spin-polarized solid-state tunnelling transport studies that we have performed on heterostructures involving La(2/3)Sr(1/3)MnO(3) thin films separated by SrTiO(3) barriers. These experiments demonstrate that, with a polarization of spin [Formula: see text] electrons at the Fermi level that can reach 99%, the La(2/3)Sr(1/3)MnO(3)/SrTiO(3) interface for all practical purposes exhibits half-metallic behaviour. We offer insight into the electronic structure of the interface, including the electronic symmetry of any remaining spin [Formula: see text] states at the Fermi level. Finally, we present experiments that use the experimental half-metallic property of manganites as tools to reveal novel features of spintronics.
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