Magnetocaloric Effect in La0.7Cd0.3MnO3, La0.7Ba0.3MnO3, and Nd0.7Sr0.3MnO3

We have based on isothermal magnetization curves to study the magnetocaloric effect (MCE) in fine-grained perovskite manganites of La_0.7Cd_0.3MnO₃ (LCMO), La_0.7Ba_0.3MnO₃ (LBMO), and Nd_0.7Sr_0.3MnO₃ (NSMO) prepared by conventional solid-state reaction. Magnetic measurements were performed on a vibrating sample magnetometer, with a temperature increment of 1.0?K, and the applied field in the range of 0?C1.8?T. Under an applied field of 1.8?T, the maximum magnetic-entropy change obtained for LCMO, LBMO, and NSMO taking place at their Curie temperature are about 2.3, 2.1, and 5.1?J/(kg?K), respectively. The large entropy change in NSMO makes it suitable for magnetic-cooling applications.     

La0.7Ca0.3MnO3多晶样品中的相分离研究

采用固相反应法制备了La0.7Ca0.3MnO3多晶样品并借助X射线衍射,零场下的电阻测量以及电子顺磁共振技术对样品的结构、电子输运和磁性质进行了研究.实验结果表明,在居里温度TC附近,电子顺磁共振(ESR)谱线出现异常,谱线表现出明显的不对称,共振场随着温度的降低向低温方向移动.我们发现在居里温度TC以下用两个洛仑兹峰对ESR谱线可以进行较好的拟合,从而有力地证明了在相转变温度TC附近存在铁磁与顺磁相的共存.     

X-ray Photoelectron Spectra of La0.7Ca0.3MnO3 and La0.7Ca0.3Mn0.97Cu0.03O3 Perovskite Oxides

X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy was used to identify the oxidation states of cations in La_0.7Ca_0.3MnO₃ and La_0.7Ca_0.3Mn_0.97Cu_0.03O₃ perovskite oxides, to determine the surface composition of the samples, and to assess the effect of the Cu dopant on the electronic spectrum of the material. The binding energies of the La 4d, Ca 2p, Mn 2p, and O 1s core levels were determined, and the effect of the Cu dopant on the shape of the La 4d and O 1s peaks was analyzed.     

Structure and magnetoelectric properties of Gd-doped La0.7Ca0.3MnO3 polycrystalline ceramics

Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics - The temperature coefficient of resistance (TCR) and magnetoresistive (MR) properties of materials have a large impact on the performance of...     

Electrical Resistivity of La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 Ceramics Prepared via Chelate Homogenization

La_0.7Sr_0.3MnO₃ ceramics are prepared from powders produced via gelation and/or microwave processing of solutions of polynuclear chelates (La, Sr, and Mn diethylenetriaminepentaacetates), and their electrical resistivity is measured as a function of temperature. As the sintering temperature is raised from 800 to 1100°C, the average grain size of the ceramics, evaluated by the Debye–Scherrer method, increases by about a factor of 2.5 and their resistivity drops by about two orders of magnitude. The effect of the sintering temperature on the average grain size depends very little on the preparation procedure. For some of the samples, the room-temperature weak-field magnetoresistance is determined.     

Electro-magnetic transport behavior of La0.7Ca0.3MnO3/SnO2 composites

The composites of (1 ? x)La_0.7Ca_0.3MnO₃ (LCMO) + xSnO₂ (x = 0.01, 0.05, 0.10, 0.30, 0.50, 0.60, 0.65 and 0.70) were synthesized by conventional solid-state reaction method. The results of X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electronic microscopy (SEM) indicate that SnO₂ and LCMO coexist in the composites and SnO₂ mainly segregates at the grain boundaries of LCMO, which are in accordance with the results of the magnetic measurements. The detailed electrical characterizations for all the samples showed that a new metal–insulator (M–I) transition temperature (T_P2) appeared at a lower temperature compared with the intrinsic metal–insulator (M–I) transition temperature (T_P1) when x < 0.50 (T_P1 > T_P2). When x > 0.50, T_P1 disappeared, leaving only T_P2. The resistivity percolation threshold of the composites occurred at x = 0.60. Corresponding to the two M–I transition peaks, the curves of magnetoresistance against temperature also showed two peaks for all composites. These phenomena can be explained by the segregation of a new phase related to SnO₂ at the grain boundaries or surfaces of the LCMO grains.     

庞磁电阻薄膜La0.7Ca0.3MnO3的制备和输运特性

用溶胶-凝胶法在LaAlO3衬底上制备了La0．7Ca0．3MnO3薄膜,研究了La0．7Ca0．3MnO3薄膜的结构和输运特性．结果表明：La0．7Ca0．3MnO3薄膜呈现畸变钙钛矿结构,具有好的外延性;在同一温度下,电阻在磁场作用下变小,在283K和88K分别出现了金属-绝缘体转变,产生了双极值现象,并且在双极值附近电阻变化最大;用连续激光作用薄膜时,同样出现了双极值现象,在同一温度下,电阻反而变大,在升温和降温过程中出现了明显的滞后行为．根据双交换和小极化子理论,这些现象与Mn离子的eg电子受激跃迁有关．     

钼掺杂镧钙锶锰氧化物的化学价态和电子结构

采用传统固相法分别利用不同价态的MoO3和MoO2原料制备了Mo掺杂Mn位的La0.7Sr0.15Ca0.15-MnO3材料,主要利用光电子能谱和X射线吸收谱研究了过渡金属元素的电子结构特征和化学价态的不同。结果表明:用两种价态的Mo原料制备的钙钛矿锰氧化物体系的Mo离子价态表现不同,MoO2制备的材料体系价态偏低。同时,该变化还引起了Mn离子电子结构变化以及氧原子轨道能级与周围配位原子能级杂化强度的不同,这些内在电子结构的不同将成为材料表现出不同物理属性的可能原因。     

溶胶-凝胶法制备La0.7Ca0.3MnO3薄膜庞磁电阻效应和电流诱导电阻特性

采用溶胶凝胶法成功制备了La0.7 Ca0.3MnO3块材和单晶薄膜,研究了薄膜的电阻随温度的变化特性,以及在不同的恒定电流下,薄膜的电阻的变化特性,实验发现在同一温度下,电阻随着电流的增大而变小,在同一稳恒电流下,在T>Tc 时,电阻随着温度的升高而变小;并且出现了双极值现象。这些输运特性可以采用双交换作用和晶格畸变产生的小极化子的机制来解释。     

Simulation of Magnetocaloric Effect in La0.7Ca0.3MnO3 Ceramics Fabricated by Fast Sintering Process

The enhanced low-field magnetocaloric effect (MCE) is simulated for La_0.7Ca_0.3MnO₃ (LCMO) ceramics that were fabricated by fast sintering process with different Al₂O₃ contents. It is shown that LCMO exhibits magnetic entropy change (ΔS _M ) much more uniform than that of gadolinium. The results show that the peak in the MCE at the ferromagnetic to paramagnetic phase transition is improved as the sintering temperature decreases. Furthermore, the samples open up a new way in which to tune the intrinsic properties of mixed-valence manganites. Through these results, LCMO has some potential applications for magnetic refrigerants in an extended high-temperature range. It is suggested that the fast sintering process with different Al₂O₃ contents for LCMO is an efficient way to obtain a working material of an apparatus based on the active magnetic regenerator cycle that cools hydrogen gas.     

Fabrication and Magnetic Properties of Electrospun La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 Nanostructures

La_0.7Sr_0.3MnO₃ (abbreviated as LSMO) nanostructures were fabricated by a simple electrospinning using a solution that contained poly(vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP), lanthanum, strontium and manganese nitrates. The LSMO nanostructures were successfully obtained from calcination of the as-spun LSMO/PVP composite nanofibers at 500–900 °C in air for 7 h. The as-spun and calcined LSMO/PVP composite nanofibers were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Analysis of phase composition by XRD revealed that all the calcined samples have a single rhombohedral LSMO phase. The SEM results showed that the crystal structure and morphology of the LSMO nanofibers were affected by the calcination temperature. Crystallite size of the nanoparticles contained in nanofibers increased with an increase in calcination temperature. The specific saturation magnetization (M _s ) values were obtained to be 1.23, 28.61, and 40.52 emu/g at 10 kOe for the LSMO samples calcined respectively at 500, 700, and 900 °C. It is found that the increase of the tendency of M _s is consistent with the enhancement of crystallinity, and the values of M _s for the calcined LSMO samples were observed to increase with increasing crystallite size. This increase in M _s for the calcined LSMO samples with increasing crystallite size may be explained by considering a magnetic domain of the samples.     

Low-field magnetoresistance in La0.7Sr0.3MnO3/BaTiO3 composites

A manganite composite series of (1 ? x)La_0.7Sr_0.3MnO₃/xBaTiO₃ (x = 0, 0.06, 0.12, and 0.18) has been fabricated by solid-state reaction combined with a high-energy mechanical milling method. Experimental results revealed that the insulator–metal transition temperature was shifted towards lower temperatures, and resistivity increases with increasing BaTiO₃ content in (1 ? x)La_0.7Sr_0.3MnO₃/xBaTiO₃. Meanwhile, the ferromagnetic–paramagnetic transition temperature was almost unchanged. The increase in magnetoresistance was observed in the all composites at whole measurement temperatures under an applied magnetic field of 3 kOe. Here, temperature dependences of magnetoresistance display a Curie–Weiss law-like behavior. The nature of this phenomenon is explained in detail.     

Resistivity Minimum Behavior and Weak Magnetic Disorder Characteristics in La2/3Ca1/3MnO3 Manganites

The correlation of low temperature resistivity minimum with magnetic properties was studied by a tuned action in applied magnetic fields for the optimal doping La_2/3Ca_1/3MnO₃ manganite. It is proved that the low temperature minimum results from the existence of intrinsic spin disorder with a weak magnetic disorder characteristic caused from antiferromagnetism background and ferromagnetic ground state. The best fittings were made for the high field, accompanied by disappearing of Kondo term; the electronic resistivity follows only T ^1/2 dependence with a characteristic of enhanced e-e interactions and carrier localization. This e-e interaction at low and high fields would be a general characteristic and it reflects the strong correlated interaction between electrons in mixed-valent manganites.      

Emulsion processing of SOFC materials Ca0.3La0.7CrO3, Sr0.16La0.84CrO3, and Sr0.2La0.8MnO3

A novel preparation route to the perovskite materials Ca_0.3La_0.7CrO₃, Sr_0.16La_0.84CrO₃, and Sr_0.2La_0.8MnO₃ is described. The method produces the phase pure perovskite phases after calcination at 700°C for 2 hours. The powders produced are unagglomerated, and consist of hollow spherical particles 0.15 m in diameter. EDX has shown that the careful control of reaction conditions is vital to control the phase composition, and that small changes in stoichiometry result in the production of unsinterable powder.     

Microwave synthesis of magnetoresistive La0.7Ba0.3MnO3 using inorganic precursors

We report here the use of inorganic precursors as good microwave absorbers, by virtue of its polarity and high dielectric constant, to synthesize high temperature stable rare earth manganite, La_0.7Ba_0.3MnO₃. Compared to other wet chemical methods, the oxides prepared by microwave assisted route give fine particle oxides (<30 nm) with effective BET surface area of 25 m²/g. Two factors contribute to the rapid synthesis of these high temperature phases. Firstly, the dielectric constant of the precursors employed increases the microwave power loss in the material and this leads to a local heating effect. Secondly decomposition of these precursors, lead to formation of finely divided oxides often accompanied by an exothermic reaction which provides the needed energy to effect the formation of the product. This method offers a new approach to employ inorganic precursors as starting materials to realize fast and effective reaction in microwave assisted material synthesis.     

Exchange coupling and exchange bias in La0.7Sr0.3MnO3-SrRuO3 superlattices

La(0.7)Sr(0.3)MnO(3)-SrRuO(3) superlattices with and without nanometrically thin SrTiO(3), BaTiO(3) and Ba(0.7)Sr(0.3)TiO(3) interlayers were grown by pulsed laser deposition. Transmission electron microscopy studies showed coherent growth of La(0.7)Sr(0.3)MnO(3), SrRuO(3) and SrTiO(3) layers with atomically sharp interfaces, even if individual layers were as thin as one or two unit cells. In contrast, misfit dislocations and unit cell high interfacial steps were observed at the interfaces between BaTiO(3) and one of the ferromagnetic layers. The presence of the interlayers as well as these extended defects had a significant influence on the magnetic properties of the superlattices, especially on the antiferromagnetic interlayer exchange coupling between the La(0.7)Sr(0.3)MnO(3) and SrRuO(3) layers and the exchange biasing. Surprisingly, exchange biasing was found to increase with decreasing strength of the antiferromagnetic interlayer exchange coupling. This was explained by different magnetization reversal mechanisms acting in the regimes of strong and weak interlayer exchange coupling.     

Tuning magnetic domain structure in nanoscale La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 islands

The realization of spin-based devices requires high density, ordered arrays of magnetic materials with a high degree of spin polarization at surfaces. We have synthesized, for the first time, highly spin polarized complex magnetic oxide nanostructures embedded in a paramagnetic matrix by electron beam lithography and ion implantation. Imaging the magnetic domains with X-ray photoemission electron microscopy and magnetic force microscopy reveals a delicate balance between magnetocrystalline, magnetoelastic, and magnetostatic energies that can be tuned by the choice of SrTiO3 substrate orientation, film thickness, island size, and island shape.