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A-Site Distribution in La1−xSrxMnO3: a Computational Study
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 February 2011
Abstract
The possibility of an A-site (La3+/Sr2+) ordering in a colossal magnetoresistance manganite (CMR) La3/4Sr1/4MnO3 was explored using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations with a newly developed force field (FF) and quantum mechanics (QM) calculations on the structures obtained from MD. The calculated degrees of stabilization (enthalpy gain) of various patterns of A-site ordering are not significant enough to overcome the accompanying entropy loss, supporting the random A-site distribution in La3/4Sr1/4MnO3. This approach combining MD and QM as well as the versatile FF developed in this study should be useful to investigate the structures and functions of magnetic tunnel junction devices involving mixed-valence manganites.
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