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American Physical Society, Physical review B, 9(72), 2005

DOI: 10.1103/physrevb.72.092404

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Impurity-induced transition to a Mott insulator inSr3Ru2O7

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Abstract

The electrical, magnetic, and structural properties of Sr-3(Ru1-xMnx)(2)O-7 (0 <= x <= 0.2) are investigated. The parent compound Sr3Ru2O7 is a paramagnetic metal, critically close to magnetic order. We have found that, with a Ru-site doping by only a few percent of Mn, the ground state is switched from a paramagnetic metal to an antiferromagnetic insulator. Optical conductivity measurements show the opening of a gap as large as 0.1 eV, indicating that the metal-to-insulator transition is driven by the electron correlation. The complex low-temperature antiferromagnetic spin arrangement, reminiscent of those observed in some nickelates and manganites, suggests a long-range orbital order.