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JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS
Volume 131, Issue 4, Pages -Publisher
AIP Publishing
DOI: 10.1063/5.0078188
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [11604067]
- Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility (SSRF)
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This study comprehensively investigates the evolution of the Griffiths phase (GP) in La1-xBaxMnO3 compounds with different lattice distortions, and its impact on magnetic properties, electrical transport, magnetoresistance, and magnetocaloric effect. The presence of the GP phase has a significant influence on the magnetic and magnetocaloric properties of the samples.
The evolution of the Griffiths phase (GP) with a ferromagnetic metal (FMM) cluster above the Curie temperature (T-C) and its effect on the magnetic properties, electrical transport, magnetoresistance (MR), and magnetocaloric effect (MCE) is studied comprehensively, using bulk compounds of La1-xBaxMnO3 (0.15 <= x <= 0.25) with different lattice distortions but with the same structural symmetry and space group. These La1-xBaxMnO3 samples show ferromagnetic transition at T-C increasing from 229 K for x = 0.15-300 K for x = 0.25, in addition to the presence of GP with FMM clusters in the paramagnetic (PM) region, which have been confirmed by the combination of magnetization (susceptibility) measurements, the GP theory, and electron paramagnetic resonance technology. With increasing the Ba2+ ion doping, GP temperature (T-G) and T-C of La1-xBaxMnO3 are increased, and the GP regime is strengthened. The GP ratio in the PM region reached 27.7% for the sample with x = 0.20. The resistivity decreases and the FMM phase increases with increasing x from 0.15 to 0.25, which can be explained by the decrease in the bandgap (E-g) and the enhancement of the double-exchange effect. Remarkably, large room-temperature MR (similar to 44.7%) can be observed in the sample with x = 0.25 under 60 kOe, which is related to the presence of the GP regime. Furthermore, the MCE is also affected by the GP regime, and it is deduced that the magnetic transition is of second order. The value of magnetic entropy change (|Delta S-M|) reaches 3.04 J/kg K near room temperature for the sample with x = 0.25 under 50 kOe. This value is associated with a relative cooling power (RCP) of 248.1 J/kg. For the sample with x = 0.15, the value of RCP reaches 307.6 J/kg under 50 kOe. The discovery of the MR and MCE near room temperature is of great significance from the practical application of perovskite manganites in magnetic sensors and magnetic refrigerants.
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