@article{33830, author = {J.Y Gu and S.B Ogale and M Rajeswari and T Venkatesan and Ramamoorthy Ramesh and V Radmilovic and U Dahmen and G Thomas and T.W Noh}, title = {In-plane grain boundary effects on the magnetotransport properties of La0.7Sr0.3MnO3-δ}, abstract = {C-axis oriented La0.7Sr0.3MnO3-δ (LSMO) films were fabricated on the top of SrTiO3/YBa2Cu3O7 grown on MgO (001) substrates. From x-ray -scan and planar transmission electron microscopy measurements, the LSMO layer in the LSMO/SrTiO3/YBa2Cu3O7/MgO heterostructure is found to have coherent in-plane grain boundaries with a predominance of 45° rotations (between [100] and [110] grains) in addition to the cube-on-cube epitaxial relationship. Also, epitaxial LSMO/Bi4Ti3O12/LaAlO3 (001) and c-axis textured LSMO/Bi4Ti3O12/SiO2/Si (001) with random in-plane grain boundaries are introduced as the counterparts for comparison. The resistivity and magnetoresistance (MR) of LSMO layer were measured and compared. The low field MR at low temperature shows a dramatic dependence on the nature of the grain boundary. An attempt is made to interpret these results on the basis of correlation between the magnetic properties and grain structures. © 1998 American Institute of Physics.}, year = {1998}, journal = {Applied Physics Letters}, volume = {72}, number = {9}, pages = {1113-1115}, issn = {00036951}, doi = {10.1063/1.120940}, note = {cited By 76}, language = {eng}, }