Relationship of Polaron Exchange with Ferromagnetic and Insulator--Metal Transitions in Doped Manganites

We report the experiment results and data analyses based on a polaron exchange model for La0.7Ca0.3MnO3 and Pr0.7（Sr1-xCax）0.3MnO3 epitaxial thin films. In the polaron exchange model with an energy balance condition, critical temperature of Tc for stable ferromagnetic （FM） ordering should depend on △E as kBTc = E0 exp（-△E/kBTc）, where A E denotes the potential barrier for the exchange polarons to overcome. Using the small polaron hopping model, the resistivity peak temperature Tp is a function of the hopping energy Ehop. The dependence of Tp on Ehop is similar to the dependence of Tc on AE, which reveals that the polaron exchange relates to FM and insulator-metal transitions. The result indicates that the polaron exchange model is a simple way for describing the FM ordering, and is very helpful for understanding of complex doped manganites.     

MgB2超导体掺Au的研究

分析不同烧结温度及时间和不同掺金量的名义组分为Mg1-xAuxB2样品的X射线衍射图后发现，很难得到单相的Mg1-xAuxB2样品，名义组分为Mg1-xAuxB2（x=1/16,2/16,0.146)的样品都是多相混合物，X射线衍射图显示主要是Au和Mg的化合物，样品的起始超导转变温度仍然由MgB2决定。