Charge order suppression and antiferromagnetic to ferromagnetic switch over in Pr_0.5Ca_0.5MnO_3 nanowires

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We have prepared crystalline nanowires (diameter ~ 50 nm, length ~ a few microns) of the charge ordering manganite Pr_0.5Ca_0.5Mn_O3 using a low reaction temperature hydrothermal method and characterized them using X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, SQUID magnetometry and electron magnetic resonance measurements. While the bulk sample shows a charge ordering transition at 245 K and an antiferromagnetic transition at 175 K, SQUID magnetometry and electron magnetic resonance experiments reveal that in the nanowires phase, a ferromagnetic transition occurs at ~ 105 K. Further, the antiferromagnetic transition disappears and the charge ordering transition is suppressed. This result is particularly significant since the charge order in Pr_0.5Ca_0.5MnO_3 is known to be very robust, magnetic fields as high as 27 T being needed to melt it.
12 pages including 4 figures. submitted to Applied Physics Letters

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Strongly Correlated Electrons, Materials Science

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http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/96516

Consulte el texto completo en el siguiente enlace:

https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0504550
 http://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0504550
 Applied Physics Letters, Vol 87, 18253 (2005)
 doi:10.1063/1.2125129

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