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Investigations on structural disorder-induced modifications in the transport behaviour of rare-earth manganites

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The results of the studies on structural disorder-induced modifications in the transport behaviour of La0.5Pr0.2Ca0.3−x Ba x MnO3 (LPCBMO) (0.05 ≤ x ≤ 0.30) manganites were reported. Structural studies using X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurements confirmed the single phasic nature of all the samples without any detectable impurities. The A-site size disorder (\({ {\sigma }}_{\mathrm{A}}^{\mathrm{2}}\)) increased from 3.81 × 10−5 (x = 0.05) to 14.9 × 10−5 (x = 0.30). With the increase in structural disorder in LPCBMO system, the transport improved for the range: 0.15 ≤ x ≤ 0.30, which can be ascribed to the enhancement in one electron bandwidth which dominates over the structural disorder effect, while for lower values of x, strong competition existed between size disorder and one electron bandwidth. Below 50 K, all ρ–T plots showed resistivity minimum behaviour, which modified with disorder. This behaviour was discussed in detail on the basis of electron–electron interaction having the form: \( {\rho } {=} {[}\mathrm{1} {/} {(} {\sigma }_{\mathrm{0}} {+} {BT}^{\mathrm{1 {/}2}} {)} {]} {+} {\rho }_{ {n}} {T}^{ {n}}\). Variation in temperature sensitivity with disorder was also discussed in context of granular morphology and phase segregation scenario.

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ZJ is thankful to UGC, New Delhi, for financial support in the form of UGC (BSR) meritorious fellowship (file no. F.25-1/2013-14 (BSR)/7-156/2007(BSR)).

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    ZALAK JOSHI, D D PANDYA, DAVIT DHRUV, KEVAL GADANI, HETAL BORICHA, SANJAY KANSARA, P S SOLANKI & N A SHAH

  2. V.V.P. Engineering College, Gujarat Technological University, Rajkot, 360 005, India

    DAVIT DHRUV & J H MARKNA

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JOSHI, Z., PANDYA, D.D., DHRUV, D. et al. Investigations on structural disorder-induced modifications in the transport behaviour of rare-earth manganites. Bull Mater Sci 39, 1109–1117 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12034-016-1230-y

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