Electrical and Magnetic Properties of Bilayer Manganites La1.4Sr1.6Mn1.96TE0.04O7 （TE = Mn, Fe, Ti, Nb）

The electrical and magnetic properties of bilayer manganites La1.4Sr1.6Mn1.96TE0.04O7（TE = Mn, Fe, Ti, Nb） were investigated. Doping caused obvious changes in electrical and magnetic behaviors such as decrease of insulator-metal transition and magnetic transition temperatures, increase of peak resistivity, and different magnetoresistance effect. These changes had a significant degree of correlation with the valence of doped ions. From Fe, Ti to Nb doping, the effect was doubly stronger. The results could be well understood by considering the different destructions on double-exchange interaction and different influences on lattice distortion caused by Fe, Ti and Nb doping. The temperature dependence of magnetization measured at high field showed that the influence of doping was greatest near three-dimensional magnetic transition temperature of parent phase.     

Electrical Transport and Giant Magnetoresistance in （ 1 - x ） La0.67 Ca0.33 MnO3/x CuO Composites

Samples with nominal composition of （1 - x）La0.67Ca0.33MnO3 （LCMO）/xCuO （x = 0%, 2%, 4% and 20% ） were made using a special experimental method. The temperature dependence of the resistivity （ρ） of the composites was investigated in the temperature range of 10 - 300 K and different magnetic fields of H = 0, 0.1, 0.3, 0.5, 1.0 and 3.0 T. The results showed that CuO percentage x had important effects on metal-insulator transition temperature （Tp）, zero field peak resistivity （ρmax）, and magnetoresistance （MR） properties of the composites. Tp shifted sharply towards low temperature with the increase of x in the range of x ≤4%, but was almost independent of x at high level of CuO content. Composites with x = 4 % and 20 % exhibited similar electrical transmission behavior. Compared with pure LCMO, enhanced magnetoresistance could be clearly observed even in a quite low magnetic field of 0.3 T. For x =4% and 20% samples, the MR value at 0.3 T could reach as high as - 88% and - 90%, respectively. XRD and SEM analysis showed that the substantial enhancement of MR, especially near Tp, was because of local spin disorder between contiguous LCMO ferromagnetic particles caused by the addition of CuO.     

La0.67Ca0.33MnO3/MgO复合体系中的电输运和磁电阻效应

用化学方法制备了（1-x）La0．67Ca0．33MnO3（LCMO）／xMgO颗粒复合体系．通过选择不同的前期预烧温度（Ts1）控制LCMO原粉的颗粒大小．研究表明，MgO的含量和LCMO的前期预烧温度对复合体系的电输运和磁电阻效应有显著的影响．对瓦1=1100℃的样品，仅在纯LCMO和x=1mol％的复合样品中可以观察到绝缘体金属转变．而对Ts1=900℃的样品，在x=7mol％的复合样品中还可以观察到绝缘体金属转变，其最大低场磁电阻（H=0．3T）从纯LCMO的5％增加到27％．SEM形貌分析表明MgO含量增加或LCMO前期预烧温度升高都使复合体系中LCMO颗粒之间的联结性减弱．运用自旋极化隧穿机理，对实验结果进行了讨论．