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Magnetic, magnetocaloric properties, and critical behavior in a layered perovskite La1.4(Sr0.95Ca0.05)1.6Mn2O7

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We report the results of magnetic, magnetocaloric properties, and critical behavior investigation of the double-layered perovskite manganite La1.4(Sr0.95Ca0.05)1.6Mn2O7. The compounds exhibits a paramagnetic (PM) to ferromagnetic (FM) transition at the Curie temperature T C = 248 K, a Neel transition at T N = 180 K, and a spin glass behavior below 150 K. To probe the magnetic interactions responsible for the magnetic transitions, we performed a critical exponent analysis in the vicinity of the FM–PM transition range. Magnetic entropy change (−∆S M) was estimated from isothermal magnetization data. The critical exponents β and γ, determined by analyzing the Arrott plots, are found to be T C = 248 K, β = 0.594, γ = 1.048, and δ = 2.764. These values for the critical exponents are close to the mean-field values. In order to estimate the spontaneous magnetization M S(T) at a given temperature, we use a process based on the analysis, in the mean-field theory, of the magnetic entropy change (−∆S M) versus the magnetization data. An excellent agreement is found between the spontaneous magnetization determined from the entropy change [(−∆S M) vs. M 2] and the classical extrapolation from the Arrott curves (µ0H/M vs. M 2), thus confirming that the magnetic entropy is a valid approach to estimate the spontaneous magnetization in this system and in other compounds as well.

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Belkahla, A., Cherif, K., Dhahri, J. et al. Magnetic, magnetocaloric properties, and critical behavior in a layered perovskite La1.4(Sr0.95Ca0.05)1.6Mn2O7 . J Mater Sci 51, 7636–7651 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-016-0046-x

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