Temperature hysteresis of magnetization in lanthanum manganite

Magneto-optical imaging of the magnetization process in colossal magnetoresisitive lanthanum manganite

Sintering Behavior of Porous Nanostructured Sr-Doped Lanthanum Manganite as SOFC Cathode Material

The fuel cells are distinguished as generating of green allocable energy and are electrochemical devices of low environmental impact. Porous nanocrystalline strontium-doped lanthanum manganite La0.8Sr0.2MnO3 (LSM) cathode materials were prepared by mechanochemical route in various grinding times. Carbon black was employed to produce pores. The formation of LSM single phase was studied by X-ray ...

In Situ Synchrotron X-ray Spectroscopy of Lanthanum Manganite Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Electrodes

We investigated the underlying physical and chemical causes of the improvement of electrochemical activity of the cathode in solid oxide fuel cells (SOFC) under long term cathodic or anodic polarization, termed ‘current conditioning’, through in situ X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS). The electrodes were powder La0.8Sr0.2MnO3 (LSM) made with glycine-nitrate process and thin films of LSM and L...

Magnetic transitions and electrical transport in lanthanum strontium manganite: Effects of substitutions and high pressure

The observation of a substitution-induced ferromagnetic order ~Tc5200 K! is reported in antiferromagnetic La0.9Sr0.1MnO3 ~TN5130 K! when 0.05 of La is replaced by yttrium. Important results of ferromagnetic resonance ~FMR! and high-pressure transport studies are as follows. ~i! Data on FMR linewidth and resistivity provide evidence for the presence of microscopic magnetic inhomogeneities, possi...

Magnetization switching and inverted hysteresis in perpendicular antiferromagnetic superlattices

The magnetization of antiferromagnetic (AFM) superlattices as a function of applied field was investigated using Monte Carlo simulations. The simulated hysteresis loops of systems with N magnetic layers with AFM coupling between the layers exhibit distinct steps with magnetization that decreases with increasing N. Systems with odd N exhibit 3 steps and inverted hysteresis for N> 3, whereas syst...