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Magnetorestistance and electrical transport properties of La0.67Ca0.33MnO3 (LCMO): xSiCN composites

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Author(s)

D. Das, Atanu Saha, Stephen E. Russek, Rishi Raj, D. Bahadur

Abstract

The magnetic and electrical transport properties of La0.67Cad0.33^MnO3(LCMO): xSiCN (x=0-40 vol%) composites, synthesized by mechanical mixing of citrate gel derived LCMO and polymer derived ceramics SiCN, have been investigated as a function of composition. The ability of SiCN to behave as a sintering additive leads to interesting magnetic and electrical properties. Si+4, being strongly favored for tetrahedral coordination, cannot enter the perovskite lattice. Saturation moment, Ms of 68 emu/gm at 5 K and at 5 kOe field of pure LCMO shifts to 79 emu/gm in the sample with x=0.05 and then decreases monotonically as x increases further. The lower Ms, Tc(/I} and high electrical resistivity of the sample with x=0, compared to those which have been reported in the literature, is due to small particle size in nm range. SiCN as a sintering aid increases the particle size of LCMO to 1-2 υm for x=0.10. Three orders of magnitude change in electrical resistivity (204 Ω} cm for x=0;0.5 Ω} cm for x=0.5) is explained on the basis of the difference in the mobility of the charge carriers, by fitting the experimental transport data with a correlated polaron hopping model.
Citation
Journal of Applied Physics
Volume
95
Issue
11

Citation

Das, D. , Saha, A. , Russek, S. , Raj, R. and Bahadur, D. (2004), Magnetorestistance and electrical transport properties of La<sub>0.67</sub>Ca<sub>0.33</sub>MnO<sub>3</sub> (LCMO): xSiCN composites, Journal of Applied Physics, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=31490 (Accessed March 28, 2024)
Created May 31, 2004, Updated October 12, 2021