Abstract:
Cubic polycrystalline bulk materials of La
0.67Ca
0.33MnO
3-δ were synthesized by sintering at high temperature. The samples showed a metal semiconductor transition at 270K, which was close to their Curie temperature, T
C , 280K. The magnetoresistance (MR) peak temperature appeared at the temperature very close to T
p. The MR peak value reached 76% under 5·10
4Oe field, and still reached 40% under a low field of 6·10
3Oe, both indicating a notable giant magnetoresistance (GMR) effect. There still existed relatively large MR effect at low temperatures near 77K, which was related to the transport behavior of the carriers near the grain boundaries.