The effect of Ca-substitution in La-site on the magnetic properties of La{sub 2}CoMnO{sub 6}

Journal Article · Mon Jul 21 00:00:00 EDT 2014 · Journal of Applied Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4890321· OSTI ID:22308478

Li, Qiu-hang; Li, Na; Hu, Jian-zhong; Han, Qi; Ma, Qing-shan; Ge, Lei; Xiao, Biao; Xu, Ming-xiang ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics and Key Laboratory of MEMS of the Ministry of Education, Southeast University, Nanjing 210096 (China)

Double perovskite La{sub 2-x}Ca{sub x}CoMnO{sub 6} (x = 0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.5) ceramics samples were synthesized by the standard solid-state reaction method. The crystal structures have been confirmed to be monoclinic perovskite structure with space group of P2{sub 1}/n at room temperature by the powder x-ray diffraction (Cu-Kα). The grains of the samples are relatively dense and distribute in random directions from the scanning electron microscope patterns. Holes are doped into La{sub 2}CoMnO{sub 6} with the substitution of the Ca{sup 2+} ions in La-site, and further lead to the valences of Mn ions and Co ions transforming from Mn{sup 4+} and Co{sup 2+} to Mn{sup 3+} and Co{sup 3+}, respectively. Ferromagnetic coupling of Mn{sup 4+}-O{sup 2–}-Co{sup 2+} and antiferromagnetic coupling of Mn{sup 3+}-O{sup 2–}-Co{sup 3+} are coexistent in La{sub 2-x}Ca{sub x}CoMnO{sub 6} system, which correspond to two transitions existed in field-cooling magnetization versus temperature curves. Curie temperature of La{sub 2-x}Ca{sub x}CoMnO{sub 6} system decreases with the increasing of Ca-substitution amount. The coexistence of different magnetic phases leads to the exchange bias effect.

• OSTI ID: 22308478
• Journal Information: Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 116, Issue 3; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-8979
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
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COBALT COMPOUNDS
COBALT IONS
CURIE POINT
DOPED MATERIALS
LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS
MAGNETIC PROPERTIES
MAGNETIZATION
MANGANATES
MANGANESE IONS
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OXYGEN IONS
PEROVSKITE
SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY
SPACE GROUPS
TEMPERATURE RANGE 0273-0400 K
X-RAY DIFFRACTION