화학공학소재연구정보센터
Materials Research Bulletin, Vol.77, 284-290, 2016
Phase separated behavior in yttrium doped CaMnO3
The effect of electron doping on the structural, transport, and magnetic properties of Mn (IV) rich Ca1-xYxMnO3 (x < 0.2) samples have been investigated using neutron diffraction, neutron depolarization, magnetization and resistivity techniques. The temperature dependence of resistivity follows the small polaron model and the activation energy exhibits a minimum for x = 0.1 sample. A phase separated magnetic ground state consisting of ferromagnetic domains (similar to 7 mu m) embedded in G-type antiferromagnetic matrix is observed in the sample, x = 0.1. The transition to the long-range magnetically ordered state in this sample is preceded by a Griffith's phase. On lowering temperature below 300 K a structural transition from orthorhombic structure (Pnma) to a monoclinic structure (P2(1)/m) is observed in the case of x= 0.2 sample. The ferromagnetic behavior in this case is suppressed and the antiferromagnetic ordering is described by coexisting C-type and G-type magnetic structures corresponding to the monoclinic and orthorhombic phases, respectively. (C) 2016 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.