Disappearance of electron-hole asymmetry in nanoparticles of Nd{sub 1−x}Ca{sub x}MnO{sub 3}(x=0.6,0.4): magnetization and electron paramagnetic resonance evidence

Journal Article · Thu May 07 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Journal of Applied Physics

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4918780· OSTI ID:22410087

Bhat, S. V. ^[1]

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1. Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012 (India)

We study and compare magnetic and electron paramagnetic resonance behaviors of bulk and nanoparticles of Nd{sub 1−x}Ca{sub x}MnO{sub 3} in hole doped (x=0.4;NCMOH) and electron doped (x=0.6;NCMOE) samples. NCMOH in bulk form shows a complex temperature dependence of magnetization M(T), with a charge ordering transition at ∼250 K, an antiferromagnetic (AFM) transition at ∼150 K, and a transition to a canted AFM phase/mixed phase at ∼80 K. Bulk NCMOE behaves quite differently with just a charge ordering transition at ∼280 K, thus providing a striking example of the so called electron-hole asymmetry. While our magnetization data on bulk samples are consistent with the earlier reports, the new results on the nanoparticles bring out drastic effects of size reduction. They show that M(T) behaviors of the two nanosamples are essentially similar in addition to the absence of the charge order in them thus providing strong evidence for vanishing of the electron-hole asymmetry in nanomanganites. This conclusion is further corroborated by electron paramagnetic resonance studies which show that the large difference in the “g” values and their temperature dependences found for the two bulk samples disappears as they approach a common behavior in the corresponding nanosamples.

• OSTI ID: 22410087
• Journal Information: Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 117, Issue 17; Other Information: (c) 2015 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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75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
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ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS
ANTIFERROMAGNETISM
ASYMMETRY
ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
CONCENTRATION RATIO
DOPED MATERIALS
ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE
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HOLES
MAGNETIZATION
MANGANATES
NANOPARTICLES
NEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE