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Oscillatory exchange bias and training effects in nanocrystalline Pr 0.5Ca0.5MnO3
, S.S. Rao, S.V. Bhat, J. Vanacken, V.V. Moshchalkov
Published in American Institute of Physics Inc.
2012
Volume: 2
   
Issue: 1
Abstract
We report on exchange bias effects in 10 nm particles of Pr 0.5Ca0.5MnO3 which appear as a result of competing interactions between the ferromagnetic (FM)/anti-ferromagnetic (AFM) phases. The fascinating new observation is the demonstration of the temperature dependence of oscillatory exchange bias (OEB) and is tunable as a function of cooling field strength below the SG phase, may be attributable to the presence of charge/spin density wave (CDW/SDW) in the AFM core of PCMO10. The pronounced training effect is noticed at 5 K from the variation of the EB field as a function of number of field cycles (n) upon the field cooling (FC) process. For n > 1, power-law behavior describes the experimental data well; however, the breakdown of spin configuration model is noticed at n ≥ 1. Copyright © 2012 Author(s).
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JournalData powered by TypesetAIP Advances
PublisherData powered by TypesetAmerican Institute of Physics Inc.
ISSN21583226