We carried out detailed studies of the magnetic structure, magnetoelastic coupling, and thermal properties of EuCrO3 nano-powders from room temperature to liquid helium temperature. Our neutron powder diffraction and X-ray powder diffraction measurements provide precise atomic positions of all atoms in the cell, especially for the light oxygen atoms. The low-temperature neutron powder diffraction data revealed extra Bragg peaks of magnetic origin which can be attributed to a Gx antiferromagnetic structure with an ordered moment of ∼ 2.4 µB consistent with the 3d 3 electronic configuration of the Cr 3+ cations. Apart from previously reported antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic transitions in EuCrO3 at low temperatures, we also observed an anomaly at about 100 K. This anomaly was observed in temperature dependence of sample's, lattice parameters, thermal expansion, Raman spectroscopy, permittivity and conductance measurements. This anomaly is attributed to the magnetoelastic distortion in the EuCrO3 crystal.
The magnetic properties of nano-sized EuCrO3 and CeCrO3 powders, synthesized by a solution combustion method, were investigated using DC/AC magnetization measurements. An exchange bias effect, magnetization irreversibility and AC susceptibility dispersion in these samples provided evidence for the presence of the spin disorder magnetic phase. The exchange bias phenomenon, which is assigned to the exchange coupling between the glassy-like shell and canted antiferromagnetic core, showed the opposite sign in EuCrO3 and CeCrO3 at low temperatures, suggesting different exchange interactions at the interfaces in these compounds. We also observed a sign reversal of exchange bias in CeCrO3 at different temperatures.
Magneto-resistive anisotropy (AMR) has been studied in 45 nm thick La0.7−xPrxCa0.3MnO3 (LPCMO) manganite films (with Pr doping x between 0 and 0.40) deposited on LaAlO3 (LAO) and SrTiO3 (STO) substrates. The AMR in compressively strained films undergoes a sign change from positive to negative at low temperatures, whereas its sign does not change in films subjected to tensile strain. Temperature dependence of magnetization in a magnetic field applied parallel and perpendicular to the (100)-plane of the films shows that at low temperatures strain-induced rotation of the easy-axis magnetization determines the sign of the AMR. At higher temperatures near the TMI the sign of the AMR is the same in both LPCMO/LAO and LPCMO/STO films, suggesting the dominating influence of percolative transport in the plane of these films at these temperatures.
Nanoparticles of La0.6Sr0.4MnO3 with different particle sizes are synthesized by the nitrate-complex auto-ignition method. The structural and magnetic properties of the samples are investigated by X-Ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infra-red (FT-IR) spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and DC magnetization measurements. The XRD study coupled with the Rietveld refinement shows that all samples crystallize in a rhombohedral structure with the space group of R-3 C. The FT-IR spectroscopy and TEM images indicate formation of the perovskite structure with the average sizes of 20, 40, and 100 nm for the samples sintered at 700, 800, and 1100 °C, respectively. The DC magnetization measurements confirm tuning of the magnetic properties due to the particle size effects, e.g., reduction in the ferromagnetic moment and increase in the surface spin disorder by decreasing the particle size. The magnetocaloric effect (MCE) study based on isothermal magnetization vs. filed measurements in all samples reveals a relatively large MCE around the Curie temperature of the samples. The peak around the Curie temperature gradually broadens with reduction of the particle size. The data obtained show that although variations in the magnetic entropy and adiabatic temperature decrease by lowering the particle size, variation in the relative cooling power values are the same for all samples. These results make this material a proper candidate in the magnetic refrigerator application above room temperature at moderate fields.
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