Effects of long storage in La-Sr manganites with pared divalent and quadrivalent substituents for manganese

The results of investigation on the ageing of ceramic manganites La1-cSrcMn0.90Ni0.05Ge0.05O3+γ and La1-cSrcMn0.90Zn0.05Ti0.05O3+γ (c = 0.15, 0.17, 0.19) during long-term storage at normal conditions are presented. Unit cell volume of all manganites having rhombohedral structure decreased over time. The width of X-ray diffraction reflexes from (Ni,Ge)-compositions varied irregularly within the measurement error, and the width of reflexes from (Zn,Ti)-contained manganites decreased significantly. Magnetization of all samples increased in the end of storage period. Curie point of compositions with c > 0.17 exhibited some trend of increase. Ageing leaded to the lowering of "metal-semiconductor" transition temperature in (Ni,Ge)-substituted manganites. (Zn,Ti)-contained compositions showed only semiconductor behavior in investigated temperature range from 100 to 300 K, and the changes of their magnetic parameters were most considerable. The increase in magnetization and Curie point reached 7.5 % and 11 %, respectively. Possible mechanisms of ageing in considered materials are discussed in terms of oxidation processes, formation of microinhomogeneities and relaxation of internal stresses. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd

Unusual properties and features of oxygen nonstoichiometry of La-Sr manganites with manganese replacement by a combination of nickel and germanium

When studying manganites of the system La1-cSrcMn1-x(Ni2+ 0.5Ge4+ 0.5)xO3+γ (x = 0.05; 0.10; 0.15; 0.15 c 0.35), it was experimentally established that after reductive annealing, which leads the oxygen content to the stoichiometric one, unit cell volume (v) of the samples decreases and at c 0.19 it is less than after annealing in oxygen. Based on the analysis of various charge compensation mechanisms using derived dependences of v on the oxygen content and taking into account the changes in magnetic and electrical parameters, it is established that experimental data can be explained only with the allowance for formation of singly charged oxygen ions. The relationships between magnetic parameters of the manganites and their composition, structural characteristics and deviations from oxygen stoichiometry are explained. The possibility of local ferromagnetic ordering of uncompensated spins of Ni2+ ions due to their interaction with singly charged O- anions is considered. © Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd

Thermal effects of carbonated hydroxyapatite modified by glycine and albumin

In this work calcium phosphate powders were obtained by precipitation method from simulated solutions of synovial fluid containing glycine and albumin. X-ray diffraction and IR spectroscopy determined that all samples are single-phase and are presented by carbonate containing hydroxyapatite (CHA). The thermograms of solid phases of CHA were obtained and analyzed; five stages of transformation in the temperature range of 25-1000°C were marked. It is shown that in this temperature range dehydration, decarboxylation and thermal degradation of amino acid and protein connected to the surface of solid phase occur. The tendency of temperature lowering of the decomposition of powders synthesized from a medium containing organic substances was determined. Results demonstrate a direct dependence between the concentration of the amino acid in a model solution and its content in the solid phase