Giant linear magnetoresistance in half-metallic Sr2CrMoO6 thin films

Zhao-Cai Wang,David Cortie,Guan-Yin Gao,F Tang,Xiaolin Wang,Y Fang,Ren-Kui Zheng,Jing-Shi Ying,Weiyao Zhao,Lei Chen,Shuang-Shuang Li

doi:10.1038/s41535-021-00354-1

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Linear magnetoresistance (LMR) is a special case of a magnetic-field induced resistivity response, which has been reported in highly disordered semiconductor systems and in topological materials. In this work, we observe LMR effect in half-metallic perovskite Sr2CrMoO6 thin films, of which the maximum MR value exceeds +1600% at 2 K and 14 T. It is an unusual behavior in ferrimagnetic double perovskite material like Sr2CrMoO6, which are known for intrinsic tunneling-type negative magnetoresistance. In the thin films, the high carriers’ density (~1022 cm−3) and ultrahigh mobility (~104 cm2 V−1 s−1) provide a low-resistivity (~10 nΩ·cm) platform for spin-polarized current. Our DFT calculations and magnetic measurements further support the half-metal band structure. The LMR effect in Sr2CrMoO6 could possibly originate from transport behavior that is governed by the guiding center motion of cyclotron orbitals, where the magnetic domain structure possibly provides disordered potential. The ultrahigh mobility and LMR in this system could broaden the applications of perovskites, and introduce more research on metallic oxide ferri-/ferro-magnetic materials.

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Magnetoresistance (MR) is the responding of resistance of a conductor to external magnetic field, which describes the charge carriers’ scattering mechanism
We propose that the Linear magnetoresistance (LMR) effect in SCMO may originate from the GC motion dominant transport, where the magnetic domain structures provide the slow-varying disordered potential
Since the electronic transport properties of thin films are highly dependent on the crystallization quality of thin films, we conducted a series of measurements to demonstrate the excellent quality of SCMO thin films

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Magnetoresistance (MR) is the responding of resistance of a conductor to external magnetic field, which describes the charge carriers’ scattering mechanism. We observe unconventional positive LMR effect in epitaxial Sr2CrMoO6 (SCMO) thin films on SrTiO3 (STO) substrates at low temperatures, which may attract further study of double perovskite of this family.

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