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| Author(s): |
Nima Ramirez, Fabian Enrique
[1]
;
Ferreira, Fabio Furlan
[1]
;
Alves, Wendel Andrade
[1]
;
Queiruga Rey, Jose Fernando
[1]
;
Souza, Jose Antonio
[1]
Total Authors: 5
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| Affiliation: | [1] Univ Fed ABC, Ctr Ciencias Nat & Humanas, BR-09090400 Santo Andre, SP - Brazil
Total Affiliations: 1
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| Document type: | Journal article |
| Source: | Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials; v. 324, n. 13, p. 2011-2018, JUL 2012. |
| Web of Science Citations: | 3 |
| Abstract | |
Magnetic, structural, and electric transport measurements at high temperatures were carried out on La1-xCaxMnO3; x=0.20, 0.25, 0.30, 0.34, 0.40, and 0.45. All samples show a first-order structural phase transition from orthorhombic Pnma to rhombohedral R (3) over barc space group at TR-O. Magnetic susceptibility measurements show that the Curie-Weiss law is strictly obeyed in the rhombohedral phase as opposed to the orthorhombic phase where the effective magnetic moment has a temperature dependence. The electrical resistivity is well described by the small polaron hopping mechanism in the samples up to x=0.34. As the charge carriers are introduced into the system (x=0.40 and 0.45), this mechanism of hopping ceases to be valid. The value of Gruneisen parameter obtained through analysis of high-resolution X-ray powder diffraction as a function of temperature increases abruptly for the sample with x=0.40. This is consistent with an increase in bending and stretchinglike frequency modes observed by Raman spectroscopy. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 09/18618-5 - Synthesis and characterization of thermodynamic and electrical transport properties of advanced materials |
| Grantee: | José Antonio Souza |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |
| FAPESP's process: | 10/18364-0 - Physical properties and critical phenomena in strong correlated systems. |
| Grantee: | Fabian Enrique Nima Ramirez |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |