ISSN:
1089-7550
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 and CoFe2O4 samples have been prepared by a sol-gel process. A mixture of the two samples was annealed at 800 °C and the scanning electron micrograph shows large CoFe2O4 grains well surrounded by La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 grains. The powder x-ray diffraction patterns indicate no evidence of reaction between the La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 and CoFe2O4. The resistivity of the combined sample (with 20 wt% CoFe2O4) is about an order of magnitude larger than that of the same-grain-sized La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 sample, while a large low field magnetoresistance (MR) has been obtained in the combined samples. Under an applied field of 5 kOe, the MR of the combined sample is 10% even at 280 K and 5% at 290 K, whereas the same nanosized La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 sample is only 2% and 1%, respectively. © 2000 American Institute of Physics.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.372459
