Fabrication of ordered array of nanowires of La0.67Ca0.33MnO3 (x=0.33) in alumina templates with enhanced ferromagnetic transition temperature

Shankar, Shantha K and Kar, Sohini and Raychaudhuri, AK and Subbanna, GN (2004) Fabrication of ordered array of nanowires of La0.67Ca0.33MnO3 (x=0.33) in alumina templates with enhanced ferromagnetic transition temperature. In: Applied Physics Letters, 84 (6). pp. 993-995.

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Abstract

We report fabrication of array of crystalline nanowires (average diameter of 65 nm) of colossal magnetoresistive oxide La0.67Ca0.33MnO3 (LCMO, x50.33) within anodized alumina templates by filling the pores with a sol that allows formation of LCMO phase at the relatively low temperature of 600 °C. The crystalline nanowires with correct stoichiometry stabilize in the orthorhombic phase at room temperature. The nanowires are ferromagnetic at room temperature and exhibit enhanced ferromagnetic transition temperature well in excess of 300 K, which is substantially higher than that of single crystalline LCMO. This enhancement we attribute to the size induced lattice contraction in the nanowires.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Applied Physics Letters
Publisher:	American Institute of Physics
Additional Information:	Copyright for this article belongs to American Institute of Physics (AIP).
Department/Centre:	Division of Chemical Sciences > Materials Research Centre Division of Physical & Mathematical Sciences > Physics
Date Deposited:	28 Oct 2004
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 04:16
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/2030

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