BARC/PUB/2011/0922

 
 

Magnetic structure and magnetic properties of Nd1-xNaxMnO3 compounds

 
     
 
Author(s)

Samantaray, B.; Ravi, S.; Das, A.; Srivastava, S. K.

Source

Journal of Applied Physics, 2011. Vol. 110 (9): pp. 093906.1-093906.9

ABSTRACT

The crystal structure, magnetic structure, and magnetic properties of Nd1-xNaxMnO3 (x=0, 0.15, and 0.20) compounds were studied using magnetization and neutron powder diffraction techniques. The magnetic ordering is found to undergo a transition from A-type antiferromagnetic (AFM) structure for x=0 to pseudo charge-exchange (CE)-type AFM phase for x=0.20 through the spin canted ferromagnetic (FM) phase for x=0.15. Two magnetic transitions at 75K and 15K were observed for x=0 sample and are ascribed to AFM ordering of Mn ions and ferrimagnetic ordering of Nd ions, respectively. In the case of x=0.15, a canted FM ordering at around 80K and a pseudo CE-type AFM magnetic structure at 5K were observed. The x=0.20 sample exhibits a charge-ordering transition at 180K followed by a spin-glass like transition at around 40K. The magnetic structure of x=0.20 sample below 125K is found to be pseudo CE-type AFMstructure. The propagation vectors associated with Mn3+ and Mn4+ sublattices are (0 0 1/2) and (1/2 0 1/2), respectively. The maximum refined magnetic moments of Mn3+ and Mn4+ ions in x=0.20 sample are found to be 3.20 lB and 3.00 lB, respectively.

 
 
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