Low-temperature polymer precursor-based synthesis of nanocrystalline particles of lanthanum calcium manganese oxide (La0.67Ca0.33MnO3) with enhanced ferromagnetic transition temperature

Shankar, KS and Raychaudhuri, AK (2006) Low-temperature polymer precursor-based synthesis of nanocrystalline particles of lanthanum calcium manganese oxide (La0.67Ca0.33MnO3) with enhanced ferromagnetic transition temperature. In: Journal of Materials Research, 21 (1). pp. 27-33.

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Abstract

We report a simple modified polymeric precursor route for the synthesis of highly crystalline and homogenous nanoparticles of lanthanum calcium manganese oxide (LCMO). The LCMO phase formation was studied by thermal analysis, x-ray powder diffraction, and infrared spectroscopy at different stages of heating. These nanocrystallites (average particle size of 30 nm) possess ferromagnetic-paramagnetic transition temperature (T-c) of 300 K, nearly 50 K higher than that of a single crystal. The Rietveld analysis of the powder x-ray diffraction data of the nanopowders reveals significant lattice contraction and reduction in unit cell anisotropy-these structural changes are correlated to the enhancement in T-c.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Journal of Materials Research
Publisher:	Materials Research Society
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Materials Research Society.
Department/Centre:	Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Physics
Date Deposited:	08 Sep 2010 09:50
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 06:15
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/31913

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