Abnormal electric transport property and magnetoresistance stability of La-Sr-K-Mn-O system

The perovskite samples La1-x（Sr1-yKy）xMnO3 （y = 0.0, 0.2, 04, 0.6, 0.8） were prepared by the solid-state reaction method with comparatively low sintering tem- perature and with comparatively short sintering time, and the electric transport property and temperature stability of MR of this system were studied. The p-T curves show the abnormal phenomenon that with the increase of K doping amount, resistivity increases, and the insulator-metal transition temperature decreases, which is because the influence of the occupation disorder degree of A-site ions σ2 on the electric transport property of perovskite manga- nites is larger than that of the radius of A-site ions （rA）. In the temperature range below 225 K, MR increases contin- uously with the decrease of temperature, which is the characteristic of low-field magnetoresistance; in the com- paratively wide temperature range near 250 K, the MR- T curves of all the samples are comparatively fiat, and the value of MR almost does not change with temperature, which shows the temperature stability of magnetoresis- tance, and can be explained by the competition between the low-field magnetoresistance induced by spin-dependent tunneling of surface phase and the intrinsic magnetoresis- tance of grain phase. The magnetoresistance value of the sample with y = 0.8 keeps at （7.92 ±0.36） % in the very wide temperature range of 225-275 K, and this is a goodreference for the preparation of this kind of sample with practical application value in the future.

Temperature stability of magnetoresistance (MR) and MR enhancement in La_(1-x)(Sr_(1-y)Ag_y)_x MnO_3 system

Polycrystalline samples of Lal-x（Srl-yAgy）x MnO3 （y = 0.0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6, 1.0） were prepared by the solid-state reaction method. The temperature stability of magnetoresistance and magnetoresistance enhancement in Lal_x（Srl_yAgy）~MnO3 system with both univalent and bivalent elements doped at A site and with unchanged value of Mn~＋/Mn4＋ ratio were explored through the measurements of X-ray diffraction patterns, magnetiza- tion-temperature （M-T） curves, resistivity-temperature （p-T） curves and magnetoresistance-temperature （MR-T） curves. The results are as follows： there are two peaks in the p-T curves of the samples with Ag doping, one is caused by resistance change during the paramagnetism- ferromagnetism transition, and the other is from boundary- dependent scattering of conduction electrons on the boundaries of grains. The peak value of MR increases with increasing Ag doping content, and it increases from 8.2 % for y ---- 0.2 to 29.6 % for y ---- 1.0 under the magnetic field of B = 0.8 T; MR remains a constant of 12 % in the temperature range of 218-168 K for the sample with y = 1.0, and the temperature stability of MR is in favor of the practical application of MR.

Study on magnetism of Pr_(0.45)(Ca_(1-x)Sr_x)_(0.55) MnO_3 samples

The polycrystalline samples of Pro.45（Ca1-xSrx）0.55MnO3 （x = 0.0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.6） were prepared by solid-state reaction. Influence of Sr2＋ substitution for Ca2＋ at A site on magnetism was studied through the measurements of X-ray diffraction （XRD） spectrum, the magnetization-temperature （M-T） curves and electron spin resonance （ESR） curves. The results show that the magnetism strengthens and charge ordering weakens gradually with the increase of Sr2＋ substitution amount, respectively. The transition of paramagnetism（PM）-antiferromagnetism（AFM） occurs below the transition temperature of charge ordering （Tco）, and there is tittle ferromagnetic phase in the antiferromagnetic background at the lower temperature, which results in complex magnetic phases of the samples. Ferromagnetic clusters appear and grow larger with the increase of substitution amount./n addition, the reentrant spin-glass behavior appears at about 41 K. The magnetism phenomenon of the samples is mainly due to the competition between double exchange and Jahn-Teller coupling. The Jahn-Teller coupling becomes weak, and the double exchange wins the advantage in the competition with the increase of substitution amount, which leads to the magnetism variation of the system.