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PHYSICAL REVIEW B
Volume 83, Issue 15, Pages -Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.83.155437
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- National Energy Technology Laboratory [PPM 300.02.08]
- Leonard Technology, Inc. [PPM 300.02.08]
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A uniform distribution of La and Sr in lanthanum-strontium manganites would lead to charged crystal planes, a charged surface, and arbitrarily large surface energy for a bulk crystal. This divergent energy can be eliminated by depleting the La concentration near the surface. Assuming an exponential form for segregation suggested by experiment, the total electrostatic energy is calculated, depending only upon the decay length and on an effective charge Z* associated with the La ion. It is found to be lower in energy than neutralization of the surface by changing Mn charge states or simply readjusting the La concentration in the surface plane, though the energy minimum is found at a shorter decay length than that observed. The extension of this mechanism to segregation near the surface in other systems is discussed.
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