Patent ID: 8221909

Claim:
An electronic component comprising: a substrate; and a phase-separated layer supported on said substrate, wherein said phase-separated layer comprises: a first phase comprising lanthanum manganate (LMO), and a second phase selected from the group consisting of a metal oxide (MO), metal nitride (MN), a metal (Me), and combinations thereof, wherein: MO=Al 2 O 3 , Ba x Nb y O z , Ba x Ta y O z , Ba x Sn y O z , Ba x Al y O z , ZnO, BiFeO 3 , BaTiO 3 , La x Ta y O z , La x Nb y O z , LaAlO 3 , and combinations thereof; MN=TiN, ZrN, YN, VN, WN, GaN, AlN, HfN, TaN, NbN, InN, Si 3 N 4 , Zn 3 N 2 , and combinations thereof; and Me=Pd, Ta, Zr, Ti, Ir, Hf, Pt, Au, Ni, Zn, Mg, Cu, Al, and combinations thereof.