Synthesis and magnetic characterizations of La(1-x)Sr(x)MnO3 nanoparticles for biomedical applications

The La(1-x)Sr(x)MnO3 (LSMO) nanoparticles have been synthesized by citric gel process followed by ball milling method. These nanoparticles demonstrated high crystalline quality. Nanoparticle size was further decreased by ball milling technique as observed by the field-emission scanning electron microscopic studies. The ball milled and silica coated LSMO nanoparticles show magnetic transition at about 370 K with a superparamagnetic properties. The ferromagnetic resonance (FMR) spectra analysis of LSMO nanoparticles shows large FMR linewidth due to the surface strain of the nanoparticles. Both magnetization and FMR studies demonstrate that the LSMO nanoparticles are highly anisotropic. The toxicity of the nanoparticles was studied for safe biomedical applications. Measurement of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS) and MTT assay results show that LSMO nanoparticles are relatively nontoxic and the toxicity is further reduced by SiO2 coating. These results are very important for applications in the field of biotechnology.     

Device performance of ferroelectric/correlated oxide heterostructures for non-volatile memory applications

Ferroelectric field effect devices offer the possibility of non-volatile data storage. Attempts to integrate perovskite ferroelectric materials with silicon semiconductors, however, have been largely unsuccessful in creating non-volatile, nondestructive read memory elements because of difficulties in controlling the ferroelectric/semiconductor interface. Correlated oxide systems have been explored as alternative channel materials to form all-perovskite field effect devices. We examine a non-volatile memory using an electric-field-induced metal-insulator transition in PbZr(0.2)Ti(0.8)O(3)/La(1 - x)Sr(x)MnO(3) (PZT/LSMO), PZT/La(1 - x)Ca(x)MnO(3) (PZT/LCMO) and PZT/La(1 - x)Sr(x)CoO(3) (PZT/LSCO) devices. The performance of these devices in the areas of switching time and retention are discussed.     

La0.67Sr0.33MnO3中Ag-Ti的掺杂效应

将La0.67Sr0.33MnO3（LSMO）、Ag2O及TiO2粉混合经高温烧结后制备了钙钛矿相/xAg两相复合体系（x是Ag与钙钛矿材料的物质的量比）,系统地研究了Ag-Ti的共掺杂对LSMO电性和磁电阻效应的影响.0.07摩尔比Ti4＋离子的B位掺杂使LSMO的居里温度降至室温.Ag的掺入对Tc影响不大,Tp逐渐升高.由于钙钛矿颗粒属性的改善和金属导电通道的出现,材料的电阻率明显下降.Ag掺杂使室温磁电阻得到显著增强,室温下从x=0.30样品中得到最大的磁电阻,约为32%,是La0.67Sr0.33MnO3样品的8倍,La0.67Sr0.33Mn0.93Ti0.07O3样品的1.6倍.     

Annealing Effect on Transport and Magnetic Properties of La_(0.67)Sr_(0.33)MnO_3 Thin Films Grown on Glass Substrates by RF Magnetron Sputtering

The manganite La0.67Sr0.33MnO3(LSMO) thin films were grown on glass substrates in a mixed argon and oxygen atmosphere by using RF magnetron sputtering.The structural characteristics,transport behaviors and magnetic properties of LSMO films were studied by annealing the films in air at 550 and 620 ℃.The out-of-plane lattice parameter a LSMO contracted after annealing and was close to that of bulk LSMO abulk,indicating that the internal strain was fully relaxed.Nanocrystalline grains were observed in the annealed films.Enhanced saturation magnetization and metal-to-insulator transition temperature(TMI=268 K) were also obtained.Curie temperatures(Tc) of the as-grown films was 340 K with the same as that of annealed at 550 ℃,but dropped to 315 K when the annealing temperature increased to 620 ℃,which can be attributed to the oxygen release during annealing in atmosphere.     

Synthesis and characterization of pure and doped (Na, Ca, Sr) nanograined LaMnO3 magnetoresistive ceramics

Pure and Na, Ca, and Sr doped lanthanum manganites (LaMnO3, La0.85Na0.15MnO3, La0.7Ca0.3 MnO3, La0.7Sr0.3MnO3) were prepared in form of bulk nano-structured materials through a two-step process. Nanometric powders were synthesized by the Pechini method and subsequently densified by Spark Plasma Sintering at 1273 K for 5 minutes under a pressure of 140 MPa. The method allowed the preparation of single phase manganites with a theoretical density above 98% together with a very limited growth of the grain size. Grain sizes below 70 nm were obtained for all materials except La0.85Na0.15MnO3 which showed a much larger grain size. Curie temperatures (Tc) and magnetoresistivity properties of the samples were measured by a Superconducting Quantum Interference Device (SQUID). The decrease in the resistivity below Tc occurred in a much wider range of temperature compared to ceramics having micron-size grains.     

Gas sensing property of perovskite SrTi(1-x)Fe(x)O3_delta fabricated by thick film planar technology

Planar sensor of SrTi(1-x)Fe(x)O3-delta, x = 0.4 and 0.6, with perovskite structure was fabricated on alumina substrate using thick film technology. Electrical resistance was measured as a function of thermal treatment conditions, atmosphere, time and temperature. Sensing property was also measured as a function of temperature and the gases of O2, CH4, CO, CO2, NO and NO2. The resistance of SrTi(1-x)Fe(x)O3-delta is lower than those of SrTiO3 or SrFeO3. TCR (temperature coefficient of resistance) of zero over 550 degrees C was measured for the composition of SrTi(1-x)Fe(x)O3-delta after thermal treatment at 1100 degrees C in air atmosphere only. The perovskite SrTi(1-x)Fe(x)O3-delta didn't show any response to CH4, CO, CO2, NO and NO2, but an excellent response and recovery characteristics with oxygen concentration.     

Ag／La0.67Sr0.33MnO3/Pt异质结构的电阻开关特性

采用脉冲激光沉积技术在Pt／Ti／SiO2／Si（100）衬底上制备出多晶La0.67Sr0.33MnO3（LSMO）薄膜,对其电脉冲致非挥发可逆电阻开关特性进行研究．结果表明,Ag/LSMO／Pt结构具有明显的室温电脉冲诱发电阻开关特性,且在宽电压脉冲作用下表现出较低的开关电压和较快的变阻饱和速度．由此可见,总脉冲能量或电荷（电流作用）为该结构的电阻开关效应提供驱动力．对Ag／LsMO／Pt结构进行了耐久性测试,表明该结构具有良好的疲劳特性与保持特性,可应用于新型不挥发存储器、传感器及可变电阻等电子元器件的研制     

La0.67Sr0.33MnO3中Bi的掺杂效应

将Bi2O3掺杂到用溶胶—凝胶法制备的La0.6Sr0．33MnO3(LSMO)微粉中,XRD测量结果证实有过量的Bi析出。随着Bi掺杂量的增加,LSMO／(Bi2O3)x/2材料电阻率发生明显变化,在x=(0—0．10)摩尔比的掺杂范围内,电阻率先上升后突然下降。当X=0．1时,电阻率比未掺杂样品下降了一个数量级。Bi掺杂对低温和室温磁电阻有着完全不同的影响。低温下,随掺杂量增加,磁电阻下降;室温下Bi的微量掺杂可以使磁电阻增大,掺入x=0.03Bi使室温磁电阻由-4.4％提高到-5．6％。     

Effect of Bi doping on magnetoresistance in La(0.7-x) Bi(x)Sr0.3MnO3

It is shown that upon increasing Bi content (x) in La(0.7-x)Bi(x)Sr0.3MnO3, the ground state changes from ferromagnetic metal (x = 0) to charge ordered antiferromagnetic insulator (x > 0.4). The x = 0.3 compound shows unusual magnetic and magnetoresistive properties: it shows hysteresis in magnetization as a function of temperature, field-induced metamagnetic transition in the paramagnetic state, and nearly 100% magnetoresistance. The magnetoresistance as a function of composition at microH = 5 T increases from 38% for x = 0.05 to 99.6% for x = 0.3 and then drops to 60% for x = 0.4. The unusual behavior of x = 0.3 composition is suggested to coexistence of short-range charge-ordered clusters and ferromagnetic domains. The field-induced melting of these charge-ordered clusters leads to large magnetoresistance effect.     

La(0.7)Sr(0.3)MnO3 nanoparticles based ultra-high sensitive ammonia chemical sensor

A facile, reliable, reproducible and ultra-high sensitive aqueous ammonia chemical sensor has been fabricated based on the utilization of La(0.7)Sr(0.3)MnO3 nanoparticles (LSMO NPs), as efficient electron mediators, and reported in this paper. The LSMO NPs were prepared by hydrothermal protocol followed by the annealing process and characterized in detail in terms of their mophological, structural and compositional properties. The I-V technique based aqueous ammonia sensor exhibits an ultra-high sensitivity of 494.68 +/- 0.01 microA cm(-2)mM(-1) and very low-detection limit of 0.2 microM with a response time less than 10 s. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report in which LSMO is used as an efficient electron mediator for the fabrication of aqueous ammonia chemical sensor. Moreover, by comparing the literature, it is confirmed that the fabricated sensor exhibits highest sensitivity towards the detection of aqueous ammonia. This LSMO nanomaterial based research broadens the range of efficient electron mediators utilized for the fabrication of ultra-high sensitive chemical sensors.     

Stabilization of Ferromagnetic Order in La(0.7)Sr(0.3)MnO(3)-SrRuO(3) Superlattices

The study of spatially confined complex oxides is of wide interest, since correlated electrons at interfaces might form exotic phases. Here La(0.7)Sr(0.3)MnO(3)/SrRuO(3) superlattices with coherently grown interfaces were studied by structural techniques, magnetization, and magnetotransport measurements. Magnetization measurements showed that ferromagnetic order in ultrathin La(0.7)Sr(0.3)MnO(3) layers is stabilized in the superlattices down to layer thicknesses of at least two unit cells. This stabilization is destroyed, if the ferromagnetic layers are separated by two unit cell thick SrTiO(3) layers. The resistivity of the superlattices showed metallic behavior and was dominated by the conducting SrRuO(3) layers, the off-diagonal resistivity showed an anomalous Hall effect from both SrRuO(3) and La(0.7)Sr(0.3)MnO(3) layers. This shows that the La(0.7)Sr(0.3)MnO(3) layers are not only ferromagnetic but also highly conducting; probably a conducting hole gas is induced at the interfaces that stabilizes the ferromagnetic order. This result opens up an alternative route for the fabrication of two-dimensional systems with long-range ferromagnetic order.     

Effect of annealing temperature on the electromagnetic properties of La0.8Sr0.2MnO3 prepared by sol–gel process

Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics - La0.8Sr0.2MnO3 (LSMO) powder was prepared using the sol–gel method and treated at different annealing temperatures (AT), and the...     

涂料型La1-xSrxMnO3智能热控涂层的研究

以固相反应法制备了高纯度La0.8Sr0.2MnO3粉体,并以其为基料,磷酸二氢铝为粘结剂,采用涂覆工艺在铝基片上制备了涂料型La0.8Sr0.2MnO3热控涂层.采用XRD、EDS对La0.8Sr0.2MnO3粉体的成分进行了表征,用稳态卡计法测量了涂层在100~100℃温度区间内热辐射率随温度的变化,并测量了涂层的太阳吸收比.研究结果表明:粉体合成过程中,经过1200℃三次热处理制备的La0.8Sr0.2MnO3粉体纯度高,合成的粉体具有均匀的微米级粒径尺寸.通过适当调整浆料中La0.8Sr0.2MnO3粉体所占质量百分比,获得辐射率变化范围大于0.3的热控涂层,该性能与采用烧结工艺制备的La0.8Sr0.2MnO3陶瓷片材料在变温条件下的辐射率变化范围接近.该涂层在航天器热控技术中具有潜在的应用前景.     

Microstructure, magnetic, and low-field magnetotransport properties of self-assembled (La0.7Sr0.3MnO3)0.5:(CeO2)0.5 vertically aligned nanocomposite thin films

Two-phase (La(0.7)Sr(0.3)MnO(3))(0.5):(CeO(2))(0.5) (LSMO:CeO(2)) heteroepitaxial nanocomposite films were grown on SrTiO(3) (STO) (001) by pulsed laser deposition (PLD). X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) results show that LSMO:CeO(2) films epitaxially grow on STO as self-assembled vertically aligned nanocomposite (VAN). Magnetic and magnetotransport measurements demonstrate that the LSMO phase in the VAN structure behaves differently from its epitaxial single-phase counterpart, e.g. greatly enhanced coercivity (H(C)) and low-field magnetoresistance (LFMR). The enhanced properties in the VAN system are attributed to the interaction between the perovskite and the secondary phase or phase boundary. The results suggest that the growth of functional oxide in another oxide matrix with vertical heteroepitaxial form is a promising approach to achieve new functionality that may not be easily realized in the single epitaxial phase.     

Structural and surface characterization of perovskite-type oxides; influence of A and B substitutions upon oxygen binding energy

Monophasic samples of seven different oxides with perovskite structure, and also -NaAlO2 have been prepared for catalytic applications. They have been characterized by X-ray diffraction and electron microscopy, then by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The XPS spectra of LaAlO3, La0.9Sr0.1Al0.8Cu0.1Ru0.1O3, La0.8Sr0.2Al0.8Cu0.1Ru0.1O3 and -NaAlO2 contained only one well-defined O 1s peak. The binding energy obtained from the oxygen peak of the perovskites (529.8 eV) was, however, significantly different from that of -NaAlO2 (532.2 eV). The other perovskite oxides, La0.9Ca0.1AlO3, La0.8Ca0.2AlO3, La0.8Sr0.2AlO3 and LaAl0.8Cu0.2O3 had two more or less well-resolved O 1s peaks separated by 2.4 eV. Tentatively, we have interpreted these observations to mean that, in the latter compounds, the surface is reconstructed so that the Al3+ ions have changed their coordination from octahedral to tetrahedral. © 1998 Kluwer Academic Publishers     

Electrical properties of nanocrystalline Ce(0.8)Sm(0.2)O(2-delta) and Ce(1-x)Gd(x)O(2-delta) (0.1 < or = x < or = 0.3) ceramics for IT-SOFC

Ce(0.8)Sm(0.2)O(2-delta) and Ce(1-x)Gd(x)O(2-delta) (0.1 < or = x < or = 0.3) nano-sized powders were successfully synthesized by the solution combustion synthesis process. The calcined nanopowders showed a ceria-based single phase with a cubic fluorite structure. In this study, we discussed the structural and electrical characteristics of the sintered Ce(0.8)Sm(0.2)O(2-delta) and Ce(1-x)Gd(x)O(2-delta). We obtained high-quality Ce(0.8)Sm(0.2)O(2-delta) and Ce(1-x)Gd(x)O(2-delta) ceramics with a high density, ultra-fine grain size, and high electrical conductivity even at low sintering temperature using the nanosized powders. The electrical conductivities at 800 degrees C for the Ce(0.8)Sm(0.2)O(2-delta) sintered at 1400 degrees C and the Ce(0.8)Gd(0.2)O(2-delta) sintered at 1350 degrees C were 0.110 and 0.104 Scm(-1), respectively.     

La0.67Mg0.33Ni3.0-xAlx(x=0～0.3)贮氢合金的相结构及电化学性能的研究

研究了Al元素对合金La0．67Mg0．33Ni3．0中Ni的替代对舍金的微观组织结构及电化学性能的影响。X射线衍射(XRD)分析结果表明La0．67Mg0．33Ni3．0合金由PuNi3型(La，Mg)Ni3相和Ce2Ni2型(La，Mg)2Ni7相组成，Al元素加入后，开始出现CaCu5型LaNi5相，随着Al含量的增加，LaNi5相逐渐增多，当x=0．3时，LaNi5相成为合金的主相，合金La0．67Mg0．33Ni3．0中Al的X荧光元素面分布图像表明了Al元素主要进入LaNi5相中，说明Al是一种LaNi5相形成元素；电化学测试表明，随着Al含量的增加，合金的最大放电容量依次下降，4种合金的最大放电量分别为392、324、267和252mAh／g，活化次数变化不大(2～3次即可活化)，循环稳定性先增加后下降。     

Cooperative mechanisms of fast-ion conduction in gallium-based oxides with tetrahedral moieties

The need for greater energy efficiency has garnered increasing support for the use of fuel-cell technology, a prime example being the solid-oxide fuel cell. A crucial requirement for such devices is a good ionic (O(2-) or H+) conductor as the electrolyte. Traditionally, fluorite- and perovskite-type oxides have been targeted, although there is growing interest in alternative structure types for intermediate-temperature (400-700 ( composite function)C) solid-oxide fuel cells. In particular, structures containing tetrahedral moieties, such as La(1-x)Ca(x)MO(4-x/2)(M=Ta,Nb,P) (refs 7,8), La(1-x)Ba(1+x)GaO(4-x/2) (refs 9,10) and La(9.33+x)Si(6)O(26+3x/2) (ref. 11), have been attracting considerable attention recently. However, an atomic-scale understanding of the conduction mechanisms in these systems is still lacking; such mechanistic detail is important for developing strategies for optimizing the conductivity, as well as identifying next-generation materials. In this context, we report a combined experimental and computational modelling study of the La(1-x)Ba(1+x)GaO(4-x/2) system, which exhibits both proton and oxide-ion conduction. Here we show that oxide-ion conduction proceeds via a cooperative 'cog-wheel'-type process involving the breaking and re-forming of Ga(2)O(7) units, whereas the rate-limiting step for proton conduction is intra-tetrahedron proton transfer. Both mechanisms are unusual for ceramic oxide materials, and similar cooperative processes may be important in related systems containing tetrahedral moieties.     

SOFC阴极材料（La0.85Sr0.15）y（Mn1—zCrz）O3的物理性能和化学稳定性

采用烧结法制备阴极材料（Ｌａ０．８５Ｓｒ０．１５）ｙ（Ｍｎ－ｚＣｒｚ）（ｙ＝０．８５，１；ｚ＝０．１，０．２）。研究了多孔锰酸镧致密ＺｒＯ２（８ｍｏｌ％Ｙ２Ｏ３）界面的成分变化和显微形貌。     

Morphology and magnetic properties of diluted magnetic semiconductor 1D nanostructure Ni(x)Sn(1-x)O(2-delta)

SnO2 and Ni(x)Sn(1-x)O(2-delta) (x = 0.007-0.043) 1D nanostructures are fabricated using a catalyzer assisted chemical vapor deposition (CVD). The morphology of the 1D nanostructure is sensitive to the fabrication conditions. As the Ar flux rate is decreased from 50 sccm to 40 sccm, the 1D nanostructure changes from nanowire to nanobelt. All of the Ni(x)Sn(1-x)O(2-delta) 1D nanostructures exhibit room temperature ferromagnetism (RTFM). With the increasing x, magnetic moment per Ni ion increases at first, reaches a maximum of 3.33 microB in x = 0.025, then decreases. The results of annealing in vacuum and oxidizing atmospheres reveal that oxygen vacancies play a crucial role in introducing ferromagnetism, which implies that the origin of RTFM can be understood by the bound magnetic polaron model (BMP).