Influence of A-site cation disorder on structural and magnetocaloric properties of Nd0.7–xLaxSr0.3MnO3 (x=0.0, 0.1, 0.2 & 0.3)

Vadnala, S and Pal, Prem and Asthana, S (2015) Influence of A-site cation disorder on structural and magnetocaloric properties of Nd0.7–xLaxSr0.3MnO3 (x=0.0, 0.1, 0.2 & 0.3). Journal of Rare Earths, 33 (10). pp. 1072-1080. ISSN 1002-0721

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Abstract

In the present research, the influence of A-site ionic size disorder on structural, magnetic and magnetocaloric properties of Nd0.7–xLaxSr0.3MnO3 (for x=0.0, 0.1, 0.2 & 0.3) compounds were investigated. These compounds were synthesized by solid state reaction route and crystallized in orthorhombic structure with Pnma space group. An average ionic radius <rA> increased with La-substitution which influenced the physical properties such as the magnetic entropy varying from 4.78 J/kg·K (for x=0.0) to 3.55 J/kg·K (for x=0.3) and the maximum magnetization at 5 K changing from 3.92 μB (for x=0.0) to 3.59 μB (for x=0.3). The change in maximum magnetic entropy decreased with increase of A-site average ionic radius. The decrease in magnetic entropy indicated the suppression of lattice disorder that influenced the spin-lattice coupling. The ferromagnetic transition temperature shifted toward room temperature with La substitution. As <rA> increased, the phase transition changed from first order (for x=0.0) to second order (for x≥ 0.1) and the refrigeration capacity increased to a significant level. The modest change in magnetic entropy over a wide range of transition temperature might be useful for future active magnetic refrigeration technology.

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Pal, PremUNSPECIFIED
Asthana, Sakethttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-6420-3304
Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: manganites; magnetocaloric effect; relative cooling; Curie temperature; rare earths
Subjects: Others > Metallurgy
Physics
Divisions: Department of Physics
Depositing User: Team Library
Date Deposited: 13 Oct 2015 09:38
Last Modified: 29 Aug 2017 09:39
URI: http://raiith.iith.ac.in/id/eprint/1979
Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1002-0721(14)60528-7
OA policy: http://www.sherpa.ac.uk/romeo/issn/1002-0721/
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