<p>Effect of Ti-doping on structural and magnetic phase transitions in Nd<sub>0.7</sub>Ba<sub>0.3</sub>Mn<sub>1-x</sub>Ti<sub>x</sub>O<sub>3</sub> (NBMTO) manganites at Mn-site has been studied for the first time. The NBMTO perovskites with 0 ≤ <i>x</i> ≤ 0.3 have been synthesized by using auto-combustion method, which is a most facile and commercial synthesis method. The Rietveld structure refinement using X-ray diffraction data reveals a structural phase transition from orthorhombic to tetragonal structure at the composition <i>x</i> = 0.3. The NBMTO manganites with <i>x</i> &lt; 0.3 exhibit the orthorhombic crystal structure with <i>Imma</i> space group and the sample with <i>x</i> = 0.3, crystallizes into two coexisting tetragonal structures having <i>I4/mcm</i> and <i>P4mm</i> space groups. Lattice parameters and unit cell volume enhance as the content of Ti<sup>4+</sup>-ions increases, which confirms that Ti<sup>4+</sup>-ions replace Mn<sup>4+</sup>-ions. The average values of lattice strain and the crystallite size of the NBMTO manganites have been calculated using the Williamson-Hall plot technique for nanocrystalline samples. The temperature dependence of magnetic measurement shows that all compositions of NBMTO exhibit paramagnetic to ferromagnetic transition at Curie-temperature (T<sub>C</sub>). It has been found that the values of T<sub>C</sub> reduces exponentially with enhancing the concentration of Ti<sup>4+</sup>-ion from 140&#xa0;K for <i>x</i> = 0 to 28&#xa0;K for <i>x</i> = 0.3. Analysis of field-dependent magnetizations at a low temperature of 10&#xa0;K clearly shows antiferromagnetic ordering within the ferromagnetic order. Investigation of Arrott’s plots reveals that all the samples exhibit second-order magnetic transition in the high-field region and first-order magnetic transition in the low-field region.</p>

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Structural and magnetic phase transitions in Ti-doped Nd0.7Ba0.3MnO3 perovskite manganites

  • Dinesh Kumar,
  • Akhilesh Kumar Singh

摘要

Effect of Ti-doping on structural and magnetic phase transitions in Nd0.7Ba0.3Mn1-xTixO3 (NBMTO) manganites at Mn-site has been studied for the first time. The NBMTO perovskites with 0 ≤ x ≤ 0.3 have been synthesized by using auto-combustion method, which is a most facile and commercial synthesis method. The Rietveld structure refinement using X-ray diffraction data reveals a structural phase transition from orthorhombic to tetragonal structure at the composition x = 0.3. The NBMTO manganites with x < 0.3 exhibit the orthorhombic crystal structure with Imma space group and the sample with x = 0.3, crystallizes into two coexisting tetragonal structures having I4/mcm and P4mm space groups. Lattice parameters and unit cell volume enhance as the content of Ti4+-ions increases, which confirms that Ti4+-ions replace Mn4+-ions. The average values of lattice strain and the crystallite size of the NBMTO manganites have been calculated using the Williamson-Hall plot technique for nanocrystalline samples. The temperature dependence of magnetic measurement shows that all compositions of NBMTO exhibit paramagnetic to ferromagnetic transition at Curie-temperature (TC). It has been found that the values of TC reduces exponentially with enhancing the concentration of Ti4+-ion from 140 K for x = 0 to 28 K for x = 0.3. Analysis of field-dependent magnetizations at a low temperature of 10 K clearly shows antiferromagnetic ordering within the ferromagnetic order. Investigation of Arrott’s plots reveals that all the samples exhibit second-order magnetic transition in the high-field region and first-order magnetic transition in the low-field region.