178 research outputs found
Room-temperature ferromagnetism in nanoparticles of superconducting materials
Nanoparticles of superconducting YBa2Cu3O7-delta (YBCO) (Tc = 91 K) exhibit
ferromagnetism at room temperature while the bulk YBCO, obtained by heating the
nanoparticles at high temperature (940 degree C), shows a linear magnetization
curve. Across the superconducting transition temperature, the magnetization
curve changes from that of a soft ferromagnet to a superconductor. Furthermore,
our experiments reveal that not only nanoparticles of metal oxides but also
metal nitrides such as NbN (Tc = 6 - 12 K) and delta-MoN (Tc ~ 6 K) exhibit
room-temperature ferromagnetism.Comment: 11 pages, 6 figure
Thermal relaxation in charge ordered Pr Ca MnO in presence of a magnetic field
We report observation of substantial thermal relaxation in single crystal of
charge ordered system PrCaMnO in an applied magnetic
field of H = 8T. The relaxation is observed when the temperature is scanned in
presence of a magnetic field in the temperature interval
where is the charge ordering temperature and is charge
melting temperature in a field. In this temperature range the system has
coexisting charged ordered insulator (COI) and ferromagnetic metallic (FMM)
phases. No such relaxation is observed in the COI state in H = 0T or in the FMM
phase at in presence of a magnetic field. We conclude that the
thermal relaxation is due to two coexisting phases with nearly same free
energies but separated by a potential barrier. This barrier makes the
transformation from one phase to the other time-dependent in the scale of the
specific heat experiment and gives rise to the thermal relaxation.Comment: 4 pages LaTEX, 3 eps figure
Magnetic Field resulting from non-linear electrical transport in single crystals of charge-ordered Pr Ca MnO}
In this letter we report that the current induced destabilization of the
charge ordered (CO) state in a rare-earth manganite gives rise to regions with
ferromagnetic correlation. We did this experiment by measurement of the I-V
curves in single crystal of the CO system
PrCaMnO and simultanously measuring the magnetization
of the current carrying conductor using a high T SQUID working at T = 77K.
We have found that the current induced destabilization of the CO state leads to
a regime of negative differential resistance which leads to a small enhancement
of the magnetization of the sample, indicating ferromagnetically aligned
moments.Comment: 4 pages LateX, 4 eps figure
NO2 and Humidity Sensing Characteristics of Few-layer Graphene
Sensing characteristics of few-layer graphenes for NO2 and humidity have been
investigated with graphene samples prepared by the thermal exfoliation of
graphitic oxide (EG), conversion of nanodiamond (DG) and arc-discharge of
graphite in hydrogen (HG). The sensitivity for NO2 is found to be highest with
DG. Nitrogen-doped HG (n-type) shows increased sensitivity for NO2 compared to
pure HG. The highest sensitivity for humidity is observed with HG. The sensing
characteristics of graphene have been examined for different aliphatic alcohols
and the sensitivity is found to vary with the chain length and branching.Comment: 19 pages, 7 figure
XPS evidence for molecular charge-transfer doping of graphene
By employing x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), we have been able to
establish the occurrence of charge-transfer doping in few-layer graphene
covered with electron acceptor (TCNE) and donor (TTF) molecules. We have
performed quantitative estimates of the extent of charge transfer in these
complexes and elucidated the origin of unusual shifts of their Raman G bands
and explained the differences in the dependence of conductivity on n- and
p-doping. The study unravels the cause of the apparent difference between the
charge-transfer doping and electrochemical doping.Comment: 15 pages, 5 figure
Thickness dependence of the stability of the charge-ordered state in PrCaMnO thin films
Thin films of the charge-ordered (CO) compound PrCaMnO
have been deposited onto (100)-oriented SrTiO substrates using the Pulsed
Laser Deposition technique. Magnetization and transport properties are measured
when the thickness of the film is varied. While the thinner films do not
exhibit any temperature induced insulator-metal transition under an applied
magnetic field up to 9T, for thickness larger than 1100\UNICODE{0xc5} a 5T
magnetic field is sufficient to melt the CO state. For this latest film, we
have measured the temperature-field phase diagram. Compared to the bulk
material, it indicates that the robustness of the CO state in thin films is
strongly depending on the strains and the thickness. We proposed an explanation
based on the distortion of the cell of the film.Comment: 9 pages, 6 figures, submitted to Phys. Rev.
Modification of the ground state in Sm-Sr manganites by oxygen isotope substitution
The effect of O O isotope substitution on electrical
resistivity and magnetic susceptibility of SmSrMnO manganites
is analyzed. It is shown that the oxygen isotope substitution drastically
affects the phase diagram at the crossover region between the ferromagnetic
metal state and that of antiferromagnetic insulator (0.4 0.6), and
induces the metal-insulator transition at for = 0.475 and 0.5. The nature
of antiferromagnetic insulator phase is discussed.Comment: 4 pages, 3 eps figures, RevTeX, submitted to Phys. Rev. Let
Non-linear electrical response in a charge/orbital ordered CaMnO crystal : the charge density wave analogy
Non-linear conduction in a charge-ordered manganese oxide
PrCaMnO is reported. To interpret such a feature, it is
usually proposed that a breakdown of the charge or orbitally ordered state is
induced by the current. The system behaves in such a way that the bias current
may generate metallic paths giving rise to resistivity drop. One can describe
this feature by considering the coexistence of localized and delocalized
electron states with independent paths of conduction. This situation is
reminiscent of what occurs in charge density wave systems where a similar
non-linear conduction is also observed. In the light of recent experimental
results suggesting the development of charge density waves in charge and
orbitally ordered manganese oxides, a phenomenological model for charge density
waves motion is used to describe the non-linear conduction in
PrCaMnO. In such a framework, the non-linear conduction
arises from the motion of the charge density waves condensate which carries a
net electrical current.Comment: 13 pages, 6 figure
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