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Effects of divalent alkaline earth ions on the magnetic and transport features of La0.65A0.35Mn0.95Fe0.05O3 (A = Ca, Sr, Pb, Ba) compounds |
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| Authors: | Wiqar Hussain Shah Kashif SafeenGul Rehman |
| Institution: | a Department of Physics, College of Science, King Faisal University, P.O. Box 400, Hofuf 31982, Saudi Arabia b Department of Physics, Federal Urdu University, Islamabad, Pakistan c Centre of Excellence in Solid State Physics, University of the Punjab, Lahore, Pakistan d Department of Physics, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan |
| Abstract: | We have studied the magnetic and transport properties of Fe doped La0.65A0.35Mn0.95Fe0.05O3 (A = Ca, Sr, Pb, Ba) manganites. All the compositions show ferromagnetic/metal to paramagnetic/insulator transition (TC) except the Pb doped sample which is insulating and ferromagnetic (FM) in the entire temperature range. The magnetization and TC are decreased by decreasing the cation size on La site. The transition temperature and magnetic moment at 77 K is a maximum for Sr doped sample and is decreasing if we increase or decrease the cation size from Sr size. The maximum value of TC and magnetic moment for Sr based sample is most likely due to the closer ionic sizes of La and Sr as compared to the other dopants (Ca, Pb, and Ba). We observed a spin freezing type effect in the Pb doped sample below 120 K in resistivity, ac susceptibility and in magnetization. This suggests that the AFM interactions introduced by the Fe are most effective in the Pb doped composition leading to increased competition between the FM and AFM interactions. This FM and AFM interaction generates some degree of frustration leading to the appearance of spin glass like phase whose typical magnetic behavior is studied for small ion when the metallic like behavior is lost. |
| Keywords: | Magnetic and electronic structure Size mismatch Weakening of double exchange |
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