Chemical Research in Chinese Universities ›› 2015, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (5): 699-703.doi: 10.1007/s40242-015-5196-x

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Negative Magnetism in Perovskite Manganites Gd1-xSrxMnO3(0.1 ≤x ≤0.3)

ZHANG Yingnan, LI Junjia, ZHANG Ziqing, LIU Fuyang, ZHAO Xudong, LIU Xiaoyang   

  1. State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, P. R. China
  • Received:2015-05-14 Revised:2015-07-18 Online:2015-10-01 Published:2015-07-27
  • Contact: ZHAO Xudong, E-mail: xdzhao@jlu.edu.cn; LIU Xiaoyang, E-mail: liuxy@jlu.edu.cn E-mail:xdzhao@jlu.edu.cn;liuxy@jlu.edu.cn
  • Supported by:

    Supported by the National Natural Sciences Foundation of China(Nos.21271082, 21371068).

Abstract:

A series of Sr-substituted Gd1-xSrxMnO3(0.1≤ x≤ 0.3) materials was prepared via a standard method involving solid-state reaction. Their crystal structure within the entire doping region was determined to be orthorhombic perovskite type. The magnetic properties of the perovskite Gd1-xSrxMnO3(0.1≤ x≤ 0.3) were thoroughly investigated. It appears that Mn ions with high valence state can induce stronger magnetization, and negative magnetization is evident in the manganites with x=0.1 and x=0.2, suggesting that valence fluctuation plays an important role in such systems. The result of XPS analysis indicates that the valence state of Mn ions is 3.25 and there seems to be excess amounts of oxygen in the structure of Gd0.8Sr0.2MnO3+δ. In addition, the results of magnetization measurements demonstrate that spin reversal occurs only when the applied field is less than 1.99×105 A/m, which presumably could be due to the negative exchange interaction between Mn sub-lattice and Gd sites.

Key words: Perovskite manganite, Solid-state reaction, Negative magnetization, Spin reversal