Rapid synthesis of room temperature ferromagnetic Ag-doped LaMnO3 perovskite phases by the solution combustion method

Bellakki, Manjunath B and Shivakumara, C and Vasanthacharya, NY and Prakash, AS (2010) Rapid synthesis of room temperature ferromagnetic Ag-doped LaMnO3 perovskite phases by the solution combustion method. In: Materials Research Bulletin, 45 (11). pp. 1685-1691.

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Abstract

We report the rapid solution combustion synthesis and characterization of Ag-substituted LaMnO3 phases at relatively low temperature using oxalyl dihydrazide, as fuel. Structural parameters were refined by the Rietveld method using powder X-ray diffraction data. While the parent LaMnO3 crystallizes in the orthorhombic structure, the Ag-substituted compounds crystallize in the rhombohedral symmetry. On increasing Ag-content, unit cell volume and Mn-O-Mn bond angle decreases. The Fourier transform infra red spectrum shows two absorption bands corresponding to Mn-O stretching vibration (v(s) mode) and Mn-O-Mn deformation vibration (v(b) mode) around 600 cm(-1) and 400 cm(-1) for the compositions x = 0.0, 0.05 and 0.10, respectively. Electrical resistivity measurements reveal that composition-controlled metal to insulator transition, with the maximum metal to insulator being 280 K for the composition La0.75Ag0.25MnO3. Increase in magnetic moment was observed with increase in Ag-content. The maximum magnetic moment of 35 emu/g was observed for the composition La0.80Ag0.20MnO3. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Materials Research Bulletin
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Elsevier Science.
Keywords:	Oxides; X-ray diffraction; Crystal structure; Magnetic properties
Department/Centre:	Division of Chemical Sciences > Solid State & Structural Chemistry Unit
Date Deposited:	07 Dec 2010 09:03
Last Modified:	07 Dec 2010 09:03
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/34307

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