La0.7Ca0.3-xSrxMnO3 manganites: Effect of structure on the magnetic and transport properties.

• The effect of lattice structure on the magnetic and transport properties of La0.7Ca0.3-xSrxMnO3 (x= 0; 0.03; 0.06; ...; 0.3) lanthanum manganites have been studied. Curie temperature pressure coefficient, dTc/dP, showed the dependence on x value. Temperature Tc increased almost linearly under applied pressure as dTc/dP≈14 K/GPa and as dTc/dP≈7.5 K/GPa in the orthorhombic (Pbnm) and rhombohedral (R3c) phases, respectively. The value of dTc/dP(≈3.5 K/GPa) showed a minimum and a temperature of the resistance maximum, Tp(x), showed a change of slope at x=0.15, corresponding to the concentration structural phase transition. Differences between the values of dTc/dP and slopes of Tp versus x in Pbnm and R3c phases are explained by the different effect of external pressure on the Mn–O bond length and Mn–O–Mn bond angle, and by the different internal pressure effect in those phases, respectively

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NATURVETENSKAP  -- Fysik -- Den kondenserade materiens fysik (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Physical Sciences -- Condensed Matter Physics (hsv//eng)

Keyword

lanthanum manganites

structure

phase transition

high pressure

susceptibility

resistance

Condensed matter physics

Kondenserade materiens fysik

fysik

Physics

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