The giant volume magnetostriction and colossal magnetoresistance in Eu0.55Sr0.45MnO3 manganiteстатья
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Аннотация:A doped manganite with the composition Eu0.55Sr0.45MnO3 exhibits giant negative magnetostriction and colossal negative magnetoresistance at temperatures in the vicinity of the magnetic phase transformation (Tsimilar to41 K). In the temperature interval 4.2 K less than or equal to T less than or equal to 40 K, the isotherms of magnetization, volume magnetostriction, and resistivity exhibit jumps at the critical field strength H-c1, which decreases with increasing temperature. At 70 K less than or equal to T less than or equal to 120 K, the jumps on the isotherms are retained, but the shapes of these curves change and the H-c1 value increases with the temperature. At H < H-c1, the magnetoresistance is positive and exhibits a maximum at 41 K; at H > H-c1, the magnetoresistance becomes negative, passes through a minimum near 41 K and then reaches a colossal value. The observed behavior is explained by the existence of three phases in Eu0.55Sr0.45MnO3 , including a ferromagnetic (in which the charge carriers concentrate due to a gain in the s-d exchange energy) and two antiferromagnetic phases (of the A and CE types). The volumes of these phases at low temperatures are evaluated. It is shown that the colossal magnetoresistance and the giant volume magnetostriction are related to the ferromagnetic phase formed as a result of the magnetic-field-induced transition of the CE-type antiferromagnetic phase to the ferromagnetic state. (C) 2004 MAIK "Nauka / Interperiodica".