Journal
JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS
Volume 364, Issue -, Pages 125-128Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2014.04.010
Keywords
Manganite; Nanoparticle; Cationic vacancy; Magnetic property
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Low doped colossal magnetoresistance La1-xBaxMnO3+delta nanoparticles are synthesized by a sol-gel method along with the parent compound La1-xBaxMnO3+delta The Reitveld refinements on the XRD patterns show that they are crystallized in structure other than their stoichiometric bulk. The crystal structure indicates excess oxygen/cationic vacancies in the compound. The magnetic measurements reveal that the ferromagnetic Curie temperature (TO is enhanced after oxygen annealing. The observed Tc is higher than that of their stoichiometric bulk compounds and the values are comparable to the reported tensile strained epitaxial thin films. The estimated Mn4+/Mn3+ ratio is found to increase in the nanocrystalline samples compared to their bulk samples annealed under the same oxygen atmosphere. The enhancement in Curie temperature could be correlated with the excess oxygen/cationic vacancies. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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