TY - JOUR
AU - Georgalas, C.
AU - Samartzis, A.
AU - Biniskos, Nikolaos
AU - Syskakis, E.
TI - Effects of Cr-doping on the Jahn-Teller, the orthorhombic to rhombohedral, and the magnetic transitions in LaMn1-xCrxO3 compounds
JO - Physica / B
VL - 586
SN - 0921-4526
CY - Amsterdam
PB - Elsevier
M1 - FZJ-2020-01403
SP - 412101 -
PY - 2020
N1 - Bitte Post-Print ergänzen
AB - We report on the electrical resistivity, the specific heat, and differential thermal analysis of LaMn1-xCrxO3 (x=0.00-0.35) polycrystalline compounds at T>300 K, as well as on their magnetic properties in the temperature range from 80 K to 280 K. The transport and the thermal results show that the isovalent substitution of Mn3+ by Cr3+ decreases the cooperative Jahn-Teller distortion and consequently affects orbital ordering in the whole concentration range. It is found that Cr drastically reduces the entropy change associated to the Jahn-Teller transition to negligible values for x≥0.20. The orthorhombic to rhombohedral transition is also displaced to lower temperatures by Cr-doping, however exhibiting non-zero associated enthalpy changes for all x. A ferromagnetic contribution develops in orbitally disordered alloys with x≥0.20. The paramagnetic to ferromagnetic transition temperatures show a similar variation upon increasing x as for the LaMn1-xGaxO3 system, implying a common origin for the ferromagnetic interaction in both systems.
LB - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
DO - DOI:10.1016/j.physb.2020.412101
UR - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/874383
ER -