Significantly enhanced room-temperature TCR and MR of La0.67K0.33-xSrxMnO3 ceramics by adjusting Sr content

Strontium (Sr)-doped La_0.67K_0.33-xSr_xMnO₃ (LKSMO) ceramics were obtained by traditional sol-gel method. With increasing Sr content, full width at half maximum (FWHM) for temperature-dependent resistivity curves increased, resistivity decreased, and peak resistivity temperature (T_P) shifted toward high temperature. Microstructure of LKSMO ceramics was characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, X-ray photoemission spectroscopy, energy dispersive spectrometry, and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, etc. Connection between microstructure and properties of ceramics was studied by combining double exchange mechanism, Jahn-Teller effect, and phenomenological percolation model. Electrical transport mechanism of ferromagnetic metal (FMM) and paramagnetic insulator (PMI) regions was employed to explain temperature coefficient of resistivity (TCR) and magnetoresistance (MR) behaviors of as-obtained samples. Various scattering factors, effective mass of itinerant electron, and energy difference between FMM and PMI phases affected FWHM of ρ-T curves in Sr-doped LKSMO ceramics. In sum, these findings provide physical mechanism and experimental guidance for synthesis of high-TCR and MR polycrystalline ceramics at room temperature.     

Paramagnetic-to-antiferromagnetic phase transformation in sputter-deposited Ni-Mn thin films

Sputter-deposited, equiatomic Ni-Mn thin films were observed to possess a metastable, nanocrystalline, chemically disordered, fcc (A1) structure. Grain growth and a phase change to a chemically ordered, antiferromagnetic L1₀ structure were identified by x-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) experiments revealed exothermic signals that correspond to the grain growth and phase transformation reactions. The enthalpy of transformation for the A1 to L1₀ phase change was calculated as −3.5 kJ/mol, which agress with thermodynamic modeling. An activation energy of 139 kJ/mol was calculated for the phase transformation by the Kissinger method.     

Influence of Al-substitution on structures,resistivity and magnetic properties of LaxSr(2−x)Fe(1+y)Mo(1−y)O6 (x=3y,y=0.05, 0.1, 0.15, 0.2)

Two series of single-phased La_xSr_(2−x)Fe_(1+y)Mo_(1−y)O₆ and La_xSr_(2−x)Fe_(1+0.5y)Al_0.5yMo_(1−y)O₆ (x=3y, y=0.05, 0.1, 0.15 and 0.2) double perovskites were prepared by solid-state reaction. The effects of Al-substitution on the structures, resistivity and magnetic properties of La_xSr_(2−x)Fe_(1+y)Mo_(1−y)O₆ were investigated. Although Al-replacement exhibits a negligible influence of on the B-site ordering degree, it results in the suppression of magnetisation caused by non-magnetic Al³⁺ ions. Reduction of grain sizes leads to increased resistivity, thus an optimised magnetoresistance (MR) behaviour is observed. The greatest MR extent improvement can be obtained when y is 0.15 and the MR% of the Al-doped ceramics reaches −10.5% (10 K, 1 T), which is 2 times greater than that of the undoped ceramics (−4.6%, 10 K, 1 T). Interestingly, the Curie temperature (Tc) of both Al-doped and undoped samples maintained relatively constant values of approximately 420 K and 405 K, respectively, which were different results from the data obtained for similar electron-doping systems in the literature.     

Magnetoresistance studies on barium doped nanocrystalline manganite

An energetically attractive, simple, fast and a novel low temperature (300 °C) solution combustion route for the synthesis of crystalline and homogeneous nanoparticles of lanthanum barium manganese oxide La_0.9Ba_0.1MnO_3+δ (LBMO) is reported. Formation and homogeneity of the solid solutions have been confirmed by powder X-ray diffraction (PXRD) and energy dispersive X-ray analysis (EDS) respectively. The Rietveld analysis shows both as-formed as well as calcined samples are in cubic phase with space group pm3m. The microstructure and agglomerated particle size of the compounds are examined by scanning electron microscope. Infrared spectroscopy revealed that both MnOMn bending mode and MnO stretching mode are influenced by calcination temperature. The magnetoresistance measurement on sintered LBMO pellet exhibits a broad metal–insulator transition (T_M-I) at around 228 K. At 1 T applied magnetic field, LBMO shows magnetoresistance (MR) of 10%, whereas for 4 and 7 T, the negative magnetoresistance values are in the range 51 and 59% respectively at T_M-I. The experimental resistivity data of the present investigation are fitted to a simple empirical equation in order to understand conduction mechanism in this compound.     

铁磁性形状记忆合金CONiAl的磁性和输运性能研究

用电孤熔炼法制备了CoxNi71-xAl29（x=35、36、37）系列合金，并用甩带法对其进行退火。X射线能谱揭示三个样品均为单相样品。在升温过程中，CoxN71-xAl29系列合金发生了从马氏体→奥氏体的转变，而在降温过程中则发生奥氏体→马氏体的转变。输运性能测量显示，CoxNi71-xAl29出现了正的磁电阻，最大磁电阻可达到12．3％。     

Improvement of electrical and magnetic properties in La0.67Ca0.33Mn0.97Co0.03O3 ceramic by Ag doping

For the perovskite manganite La_1-xCa_xMnO₃, achieving high temperature coefficient of resistance (TCR) and magnetoresistance (MR) is the key to realize its potential applications. In this study, high-quality La_0.67Ca_0.33Mn_0.97Co_0.03O₃:Ag_x polycrystalline ceramics were prepared by the sol-gel method. The results show that Ag doping has important impact on metal-insulator and ferromagnetic-paramagnetic transitions. A Ag doping amount increases, the grain size of the samples increases at x = 0.05 and then decreases. The doping of Ag can improve the crystalline quality of the samples and enhance the connectivity between grains, thereby improving the metallicity of the system. Additionally, with Ag doping amount increases, the resistivity of the samples gradually decreased, while the Curie temperature and the metal-insulator transition temperature gradually increased. Especially after Ag doping, both the TCR peak (TCR_peak) and the MR peak (MR_peak) values are significantly improved. The TCR_peak reaches 65.2%·K^?1 at x = 0.1, while the MR_peak is as high as 82.6% at x = 0.05 under 1 T magnetic field. Doping perovskite manganite ceramics with Co and Ag can greatly optimize their TCR and MR, favoring the potential applications of these materials.     

Microwave-induced resistance oscillations and zero resistance states in 2D bilayer systems

We report on theoretical studies of recently obtained experimental results on microwave-induced resistance oscillations and zero resistance states in Hall bars with two occupied subbands. In these experiments, resistance presents a peculiar shape which appears to have a built-in interference effect not observed before. We apply the microwave-driven electron orbit model, which implies a radiation-driven oscillation of the two-dimensional electron system. Thus, we calculate different intra- and inter-subband electron scattering rates revealing different microwave-driven oscillations frequencies for the two electronic subbands. Calculated results are in good agreement with experiments.     

Elastic properties of double layered manganites R_（1.2）Sr_（1.8）Mn_2O_7（R=La,Pr, Nd,Sm）

The polycrystalline colossal magnetoresistive double-layered manganite samples R1.2Sr1.8Mn2O7(R = La Pr, Nd, Sm) were prepared by the sol–gel method and their room temperature elastic behavior was investigated by ultrasonic pulse transmission technique at 1 MHz. The values of elastic constants were calculated from longitudinal and shear velocities and they were corrected to zero porosity using Hasselman and Fulrath's formulae. The elastic constants of the samples were also estimated by Modi's heterogeneous metal-mixture rule which is based on the metal ions present in the samples. The measured,corrected, and estimated values of elastic moduli are found to increase with decreasing rare earth ion size. The variation of elastic moduli with the size of the rare earth ion is interpreted in terms of strength of interatomic bonding.