The Gd substituting effects for La in La0.67Ca0.33MnO3 has been studied. With increasing the substituting amount of Gd, the phase transition temperature of metal-isolator for the samples decreases, the corresponding p...The Gd substituting effects for La in La0.67Ca0.33MnO3 has been studied. With increasing the substituting amount of Gd, the phase transition temperature of metal-isolator for the samples decreases, the corresponding peak resistivity increases, the Curie temperature decreases monotonically. The substitution of La-Ca-Mn-O with 11% Gd for La improved the magnetoresistance ratio by an order of magnitude. The effects of substituting Gd can be explained in terms of the lattice effects. An irreversible MR behaviour was observed in Gd-substituting compounds. This effect became marked when the substituting amount of Gd was greater than 7%. A maximum irreversible increment of MR ratio as large as 91% was obtained when Gd substituting amount was 11%.展开更多
基金This work was supported by the State Key Project of Funda-mental Research (G19980613010) the National Scientific and Technological Department of China.
文摘The Gd substituting effects for La in La0.67Ca0.33MnO3 has been studied. With increasing the substituting amount of Gd, the phase transition temperature of metal-isolator for the samples decreases, the corresponding peak resistivity increases, the Curie temperature decreases monotonically. The substitution of La-Ca-Mn-O with 11% Gd for La improved the magnetoresistance ratio by an order of magnitude. The effects of substituting Gd can be explained in terms of the lattice effects. An irreversible MR behaviour was observed in Gd-substituting compounds. This effect became marked when the substituting amount of Gd was greater than 7%. A maximum irreversible increment of MR ratio as large as 91% was obtained when Gd substituting amount was 11%.
