Magnetic properties of LaInO₃-based perovskite-structure photoluminescent materials doped with Nd³⁺, Cr³⁺, and Mn³⁺ ions

Abstract

Single-phase ceramic samples of La_1–x Nd _x InO₃ (0.007 ≤ x ≤ 0.05), LaIn_0.99M_0.01O₃, and La_0.95Nd_0.05In_0.995M_0.005O₃ (M = Cr³⁺ and Mn³⁺) solid solutions have been prepared by solid-state reactions, and their crystal structure, magnetic field dependences of their specific magnetization at 5 and 300 K, and temperature dependences of their molar magnetic susceptibility have been studied. It has been shown that the 300-K specific magnetization of the La_1–x Nd _x InO₃ (x = 0.02, 0.05), La_0.95Nd_0.05In_0.995M_0.005O₃ (M = Cr³⁺ and Mn³⁺), and LaIn_0.99Mn_0.01O₃ solid solutions increases linearly with increasing magnetic field strength up to 14 T and that the magnitude of the 300-K specific magnetization of the La_0.993Nd_0.007InO₃ and LaIn_0.99Cr_0.01O₃ solid solutions increases linearly, but they have diamagnetic magnetization. At a temperature of 5 K, the magnetization of all the indates studied here increases nonlinearly with increasing magnetic field strength, gradually approaching magnetic saturation, without, however, reaching it in a magnetic field of 14 T. In the temperature range where the Curie–Weiss law is obeyed (5–30 K), the effective magnetic moments obtained for the Nd³⁺ ion (${\mu _{effN{d^{3 + }}}}$) in the La_1–x Nd _x InO₃ solid solutions with x = 0.007, 0.02, and 0.05 are 2.95μ_B, 3.09μ_B, and 2.75μ_B, respectively, which is well below the theoretical value ${\mu _{effN{d^{3 + }}}}$= 3.62μ_B. The effective magnetic moments of the Cr³⁺ and Mn³⁺ ions in the LaIn_0.99Cr_0.01O₃ and LaIn_0.99Mn_0.01O₃ solid solutions are 3.87μ^B and 5.11μ^B, respectively, and differ only slightly from the theoretical values ${\mu _{effC{r^{3 + }}}}$= 3.87μ^B and ${\mu _{effM{n^{3 + }}}}$= 4.9μ^B.