Resistivity Minimum in Granular Composites and Thin Metallic Films
arXiv:1609.06850 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.94.094202
Abstract
We analyze the temperature dependence of conductivity in thick granular ferromagnetic compounds NiSiO2 and in thin weakly coupled films of Fe, Ni and Py in vicinity of metal-insulator transition. Development of resistivity minimum followed by a logarithmic variation of conductivity at lower temperatures is attributed to granular structure of compounds and thin films fabricated by conventional deposition techniques. Resistivity minimum is identified as a transition between temperature dependent intra-granular metallic conductance and thermally activated inter-granular tunneling.
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