Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1596617 | Solid State Communications | 2006 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
Both magnetic ordering temperatures and lattice constants were observed to be a function of preparation temperature for single-phase CaCuMn6O12 CMR ceramics of the same cation, oxygen composition and crystal structure. It was found for the first time that higher preparation temperatures Tprep result in a linear increase of a cubic cell parameter a, Îa/ÎTprepâ¼4Ã10â5Ã
/âC, and in a sharp decrease of magnetic ordering temperatures Tcrit, by about ÎTcrit/ÎTprepâ¼3/5, for quenched samples. High resolution NPD experiments have shown the presence of antisite defects resulting in partial occupation of octahedral (8c) sites by Cu2+ at higher preparation temperatures as never assumed for an ideal structure. The data obtained give a new insight to the problem of functional properties reproducibility suggesting stronger requirements for the production control of CMR materials.
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Authors
D.M. Itkis, E.A. Goodilin, A.M. Balagurov, I.A. Bobrikov, A.S. Sinitskii, Y.D. Tretyakov,