Magnetic and electron transport properties of the rare-earth cobaltates, La0.7-xLnxCa0.3CoO3 (Ln = Pr, Nd, Gd and Dy) : A case of phase separation

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dc.creatorKundu, Asish K.
dc.creatorRamesha, K.
dc.creatorSeshadri, Ram
dc.creatorRao, C. N. R.
dc.date2004-09-11
dc.date2005-11-03
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T06:37:16Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T06:37:16Z
dc.descriptionMagnetic and electrical properties of four series of rare earth cobaltates of the formula La0.7-xLnxCa0.3CoO3 with Ln = Pr, Nd, Gd and Dy have been investigated. Compositions close to x = 0.0 contain large ferromagnetic clusters or domains, and show Brillouin-like behaviour of the field-cooled DC magnetization data with fairly high ferromagnetic Tc values, besides low electrical resistivities with near-zero temperature coefficients. The zero-field-cooled data generally show a non-monotonic behaviour with a peak at a temperatures slightly lower than Tc. The near x = 0.0 compositions show a prominent peak corresponding to the Tc in the AC-susceptibility data. The ferromagnetic Tc varies linearly with x or the average radius of the A-site cations, (rA). With increase in x or decrease in (rA), the magnetization value at any given temperature decreases markedly and the AC-susceptibility measurements show a prominent transition arising from small magnetic clusters with some characteristics of a spin-glass. Electrical resistivity increases with increase in x, showed a significant increase around a critical value of x or (rA), at which composition the small clusters also begin to dominate. These properties can be understood in terms of a phase separation scenario wherein large magnetic clusters give way to smaller ones with increase in x, with both types of clusters being present in certain compositions. The changes in magnetic and electrical properties occur parallely since the large ferromagnetic clusters are hole-rich and the small clusters are hole-poor. Variable-range hopping seems to occur at low temperatures in these cobaltates.
dc.description23 pages including figures
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0409288
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0409288
dc.identifierJ. Phys.: Condens. Matter 16 7955-7966 (2004)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1088/0953-8984/16/45/018
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/100334
dc.subjectMaterials Science
dc.titleMagnetic and electron transport properties of the rare-earth cobaltates, La0.7-xLnxCa0.3CoO3 (Ln = Pr, Nd, Gd and Dy) : A case of phase separation
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