Structure-properties phase diagram for La{sub 1{minus}x}Sr{sub x}MnO{sub 3} (0.1{le}x{le}0.2)
- Department of Physics, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois 60115 (United States)
- Materials Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439 (United States)
By combining the results of magnetization, resistivity, and neutron powder-diffraction data for stoichiometric La{sub 1{minus}x}Sr{sub x}MnO{sub 3}, we have constructed a phase diagram that describes the magnetic, transport, and structural properties and the relationships among them as a function of composition (0.1{le}x{le}0.2) and temperature (10{endash}340 K). We show that, with increasing Sr content, the Curie temperature increases linearly, while the temperature of an orbital ordering transition to a state with a large coherent Jahn-Teller (JT) distortion decreases. These two phase-transition lines cross at x=0.145 and T=210&hthinsp;K. When the transition to the ferromagnetic state occurs in a phase that has a large coherent JT distortion (x{lt}0.145), a strong magnetolattice coupling is observed; the coherent JT distortion is dramatically reduced and the incoherent distortion is enhanced in the ferromagnetic phase. For x{gt}0.145, where the coherent JT distortion is small above Curie temperature, magnetolattice coupling reduces the incoherent distortion at T{sub C} and strongly suppresses the transition to a phase with a large coherent JT distortion. These observations are consistent with a competition between ferromagnetism and JT distortion that is mediated by a colossal spin-charge-lattice coupling. A metallic state occurs below the Curie temperature when both coherent and incoherent JT distortions are suppressed. {copyright} {ital 1999} {ital The American Physical Society}
- OSTI ID:
- 689927
- Journal Information:
- Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter, Journal Name: Physical Review, B: Condensed Matter Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 60; ISSN 0163-1829; ISSN PRBMDO
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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CRYSTAL STRUCTURE
CURIE POINT
ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY
FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS
FERROMAGNETISM
JAHN-TELLER EFFECT
LANTHANUM COMPOUNDS
LANTHANUM OXIDES
MAGNETIZATION
MAGNETORESISTANCE
MANGANESE OXIDES
MECHANICAL PROPERTIES
NEUTRON DIFFRACTION
PHASE DIAGRAMS
PHONONS
STOICHIOMETRY
STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS
TEMPERATURE RANGE 0065-0273 K
TEMPERATURE RANGE 0273-0400 K