TY - JOUR
AU - Castellano, Carlo
AU - Berti, Giulia
AU - Ferretti, Maurizio
AU - Martinelli, Alberto
AU - Cimberle, M. R.
TI - Strong enhancement of the ferromagnetic phase and local order in Ru substituted manganites studied by EXAFS and dc magnetizationmeasurements
JO - Journal of alloys and compounds
VL - 663
SN - 0925-8388
CY - Lausanne
PB - Elsevier
M1 - PUBDB-2017-13415
SP - 560 - 564
PY - 2016
N1 - © Elsevier B.V.
AB - We report extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) and dc magnetization measurements performed on (La<sub>1−x</sub>Ca<sub>x</sub>) (Mn<sub>1−</sub>yRu<sub>y</sub>)O<sub>3</sub> samples (x = 0.37 and 0.75 and y = 0.03 or 0.08).In the nanoscale phase inhomogeneity scenario characteristic of these complex oxides, we compare the effects induced by the partial substitution of Mn with mixed valence non-Jahn-Teller Ru5+ and at most very weak Jahn-Teller Ru<sup>4+</sup> ions with those induced by the already studied analogous substitutions of Mn with non-Jahn-Teller Cr<sup>3+</sup> or Ni<sup>2+</sup> or Jahn-Teller Cu<sup>2+</sup>.We find evidence both from dc magnetization and EXAFS that the ruthenium doping induces a huge effect, clearly enhancing (more efficiently than is the case for the other dopants) the double exchange effect and consequently the metallic/ferromagnetic phase and the local structural order at the expenses of the charge-ordered phase component. In the x = 0.75 long-range charge-ordered system these effects are much more evident, as expected, while for x = 0.37 the magnetic ion partial substitution does not significantly modify the metal-insulator and ferromagnetic transitions, already present in the parent compound.
LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
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DO - DOI:10.1016/j.jallcom.2015.12.183
UR - https://bib-pubdb1.desy.de/record/397768
ER -