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西班牙马德里材料科学研究所
Topic:
Improving
the
properties
of
FeMo
double
perovskites
for
applications
in
spintronics:
“
Can
we
go
future?
”
题目:
铁钼双钙钛矿体系的性质改善在自旋电子学中的应用
Dr.
M.
Sagawa日本、
Topic:
Research
and
Development
Sintered
Nd-Fe-B
Magnet
题目:
烧结Nd-Fe-B磁体的研究现状与发展趋势
J.Phys.:
Condens.Matter11No40(11October1999)L445-L450
PII:
S0953-8984(99)06738-7
LETTERTOTHEEDITOR
Magneticpropertiesofthedoubleperovskites
RPBorges
RMThomas
CCullinan
JMDCoey
RSuryanarayanan
LBen-Dor
LPinsard-Gaudart
andARevcolevschi
PhysicsDepartment,TrinityCollege,Dublin2,Ireland
LaboratoiredePhysicochimiedesSolidesduCNRS,Université
deParis-Sud,91405Orsay,France
Received6August1999,infinalform24August1999
Abstract:
Thedouble-perovskiteoxides
and
showevidenceofferromagneticmetallicbehaviour,withCurietemperaturesof345-426Kandsaturationmagnetizationof3.5-3.9µ
B/formulaunit.Ceramicsshowlittleanisotropicmagnetoresistance,butthelow-fieldisotropicnegativemagnetoresistanceof
is7%in1Tatroomtemperatureandreaches15%at77K.Aneffectofabout1%isfoundin20mTatroomtemperatureinbothceramicsandpressedpowdersofthiscompound.
Doubleperovskites
withtwoorderedB-sitecationsareknowntobeferromagneticfor
Feand
W,Re[1]-[5]whereAisanalkalineearthcation.Recentinterestinthefamily[6]-[12]derivesfromareportbyKobayashietal[6]that
isahalf-metallicferrimagnet,withanelectronicstructurewhereonlyminorityspinsarepresentattheFermilevel.ThecalculatedelectronicstructureisanalogoustothatfortheB-sitesof
exceptthattheminorityspinelectronhas
character,ratherthan
character.Aneutrondiffractionstudyof
byGarcia-Landaetalindicatedthattherewasanironmomentof
butnolocalizedmomentonMo.Astudyof
bythepresentauthorsusingneutrondiffractionandMö
ssbauerspectroscopyhasshownthatthereisaformal
chargeconfiguration,andanironmomentof
with
ontheMo[10].Themolybdenumelectronsaredelocalized,andtheycontributetotheferromagnetic
couplingbyoverlapwiththeempty
orbitals.
Muchoftheinterestindoubleperovskitesarisesfromtheprospectsoffindinghalf-metallicoxideswithhighCurietemperatures.ItisnowplainthatCurietemperaturesofmixed-valencemanganitesofthetype
cannotbeincreasedabove400Kbyanymanipulationofthecompositionorstoichiometry[13].TheCurietemperaturefor
issimilar.SubstantiallyhigherCuriepointsarerequiredifdeviceswhichrelyonspin-polarizedtransportinhalf-metallicoxidesaretooperateinapractically-usefultemperaturerangearoundroomtemperature.Thesedeviceswillrelyonlow-fieldswitchingofthemagnetizationofadjacentdecoupledferromagneticregionswhichareseparatedbysomesortofbarrier,acrosswhichelectronsmaypasswithoutcompletelylosingtheirspinpolarization.Examplesareplanartunneljunctionswithaninsulatingbarrier[14],polycrystallinematerialwithgrainboundaries[15]andpressedpowderwithinterparticulatecontacts[16].
Herewereportonthemagneticpropertiesandmagnetoresistanceofthree
ceramics.Compoundswerepreparedfromamixtureofoxidesorcarbonates,calcinedat
andthenregroundandrefired,withafinalfiringfor5-10hoursat
inanatmosphereof1%HinAr.AllcompoundsweresinglephaseandexhibitedaseriesofsuperstructurereflectionsduetocationorderofFeandMoonalternateB-sitesoftheperovskitestructure.TheorderedNaCl-typesuperstructureof
isillustratedinfigure1.Latticeparametersandx-raydensitiesarelistedintable1.Theceramicsallhaveadensityofabout90%ofthex-raydensity.Microstructuresofthesinteredpolycrystallineceramicsareillustratedinfigure2.
Figure1.Crystalstructureof
.
Table1.Propertiesof
;
Sr,Ba.
Figure2.Microstructureofpolycrystalline
(a),polycrystalline
(b)andapressed
powder(c).
Curietemperaturesweredeterminedbyacsusceptibilitymeasurementsonceramicbars.Theexcitationfieldwas
at1kHz.MagnetizationwasmeasuredusingaSQUIDmagnetometerinfieldsupto5T.Resistivitywasmeasuredusingthestandardfour-probetechnique,andmagnetoresistancewasdeterminedinfieldsofupto1.2TusingaMULTIMAGMM1200-27.5permanentmagnetfluxsource[17],wherethemagneticfieldisvariable,bothinmagnitudeanddirectionintheplaneofthesample.
Sometypicalmagnetizationandsusceptibilitydataareshowninfigure3.Thesusceptibilityischaracteristicofaferromagnet.Thesaturationmagnetizationreachesavalueof3.5-3.9µ
B/formula,asshowninthetable.
Figure3.Magnetizationcurveof
at5K(
squares;
fullcircles;
emptycircles).Theinsertshowstherealpartofthesusceptibilitymeasuredin
at1kHz.
Resistivityoftheceramicsamplesisquitevariable,butallhavethepositivetemperaturecoefficientofresistivitycharacteristicofametal.The
samplesarethemostconducting,with
m,comparabletothevaluesforthemoreconductingferromagneticmanganites.Theresistivityof
dependsonthethermaltreatment,withvaluesintherange1-
m.Muchoftheresistivityarisesatgrainboundaries.ThemicrostructuresofthesinteredCaandSrcompoundsappearquitedifferent(figure2(b)).Anisotropicmagnetoresistanceissmall,lessthan0.3%,buttheSrandBasamplesexhibitasubstantialisotropicmagnetoresistanceinquitelowfields.Resultsshowninfigure4aretypical.Valuesof
in1Tat290Kandat77Kare7%and15%,respectively,for
.Thereisnosignificanthysteresisbutasubstantiallow-fieldresponseisseen.Forexample,a1%magnetoresistanceeffectatroomtemperaturerequiresafieldofjust20mT.
Figure4.Magnetoresistanceof(a)polycrystalline
measuredat290Kandat77Kand(b)pressedpowderof
measuredat77K.
NomagnetoresistancewasmeasuredonaceramicsampleoftheCacompound,perhapsbecausethelowresistivityisalmostentirelyofintrinsicorigin,withlittlegrain-boundarycontribution.Howeveronapressedpowdersample(figure2(c))with80%ofthex-raydensity,valuesin1Tat290Kandat77Kwerelessthan0.5%and4%,respectively.ApressedpowderoftheSrcompoundshows2%magnetoresistanceat290Kand6%at77Kinafieldof1T(figure4(b)).
Themagneticorderingtemperaturewefindfor
iscomparabletovaluesreportedintheliterature[4]-[6],althoughfor
isslightlyhigherthanthatreportedbyMaignanetal[8].Energy-dispersivex-rayanalysisshowsthatoursampleshaveclosetotheexpectedcationratio,buttheoxygenstoichiometryandtheextentofNaCl-typecationorderwerenotaccuratelydetermined.Thesaturationmagnetizationisalsolowerthanthe(5-1)=4µ
B/formulaexpectedfromtheionicferrimagneticconfiguration
.An
chargestatefortheironhasbeenclearlyconfirmedbytheisomershiftandhyperfinefielddeterminedby
Mö
ssbauerspectroscopy[10].ThemagnetizationoftheSrcompoundcomesclosesttotheexpectedvalue.Possibleexplanationsforthediscrepancyincludecovalentmixingwiththeunpolarized2p(O)orbitals,spincantingorimperfectcationorderonalternatesites,togetherwithantiferromagneticcouplingofironionsinadjacentB-sites.Astoichiometric,orderedhalf-metallicferromagnetmusthaveasaturationmagnetizationthatisanintegralnumberofBohrmagnetonsbecausethenumberofelectronsperformulaisaninteger,andthenumberofspinup(orspindown)electronsisalsointegralbecauseofthegapinoneorotherdensityofstates.
Themostinterestingresultisthatthemagnetoresistance,whichiscomparableinallthreedoubleperovskitesinvestigated,ishigherinbothceramicsandpressedpowdersthanitisinmanganiteswithasimilarCurietemperature.Theextendedcharacterofthe
orbitalscontainingtheminorityspinelectrons,comparedtothemorelocalized
bandelectronsinthemanganitesmaybethereason.Themanganitesarethoughttohaveafewlayersofcantedspinsatthesurfacewhichspoilthepolarizationoftheemittedelectrons[18].Inthedoubleperovskites,thereislesstendencyfortheMoelectronstobelocalizedandcolinearferromagneticordermaybesustainedrightuptoasharpmagneticinterfaceatthesurface.TheresultsencouragefurtherworktotunetheCurietemperaturetohighervaluesbyalteringtheoxidecompositionorstoichiometry,andalsotofabricateplanartunneljunctionsusingthesematerials.
ThisworkformspartoftheOxideSpinElectronicsNetwork.OXSENisaTMRnetworksupportedbytheEuropeanCommission.
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