relation: https://eprints.uet.vnu.edu.vn/eprints/id/eprint/1264/
title: Critical Behavior of Y-doped Nd0.7Sr0.3MnO3 Manganites Exhibiting the Tricritical Point and Large Magnetocaloric Effect
creator: Phan, The Long
creator: Ho, T.A
creator: Pham, Duc Thang
creator: Tran, Q.T
creator: Tran, D. Thanh
creator: Nguyen, X. Phuc
creator: Phan, M. H
creator: Bui, T. Huy
creator: Yu, S.C.
subject: Engineering Physics
subject: ISI-indexed journals
description: We have determined the values of critical exponents of two polycrystalline samples (Nd1−xYx)0.7Sr0.3MnO3 (x = 0 and 0.07) from the magnetization data versus temperature and magnetic field, M(H, T), to learn about their magnetic and magnetocaloric (MC) properties. The results reveal the samples exhibiting the crossover of first-order and second-order phase transitions, where the exponent values β = 0.271 and γ = 0.922 for x = 0, and β = 0.234–0.236 and γ = 1.044–1.063 for x = 0.07 determined by using modified Arrott plots and static-scaling hypothesis are close to those expected for the tricritical mean-field theory (β = 0.25 and γ = 1.0). Particularly, the TC of x = 0 and 0.07 can be any value in the temperature ranges of 240–255 K and 170–278 K, respectively, depending on the magnitude of applied magnetic field and determination techniques. Around the TC, studying the MC effect of the samples has revealed a large magnetic-entropy change (ΔSm) up to ∼8 J/kg K for the applied field interval ΔH = 50 kOe, corresponding to refrigerant capacity values of 200–245 J/kg. These phenomena are related to the crossover nature and the persisting of FM/anti-FM interactions even above the TC, as further confirmed by electron-spin-resonance data, Curie–Weiss law-based analyses, and an exponential parameter characteristic of magnetic order n = dLn|ΔSm|/dLnH.
date: 2014
type: Article
type: PeerReviewed
identifier:   Phan, The Long and Ho, T.A and Pham, Duc Thang and Tran, Q.T and Tran, D. Thanh and Nguyen, X. Phuc and Phan, M. H and Bui, T. Huy and Yu, S.C.  (2014) Critical Behavior of Y-doped Nd0.7Sr0.3MnO3 Manganites Exhibiting the Tricritical Point and Large Magnetocaloric Effect.  Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 615 .   pp. 937-945.  ISSN 0925-8388     
relation: doi:10.1016/j.jallcom.2014.06.107