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Structure and magnetic properties of nano-sized perovskite oxide La0.5Sr0.5Ti0.5Fe0.4Cr0.1O3 synthesized by the citrate precursor method

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A new nano-sized perovskite oxide La0.5Sr0.5Ti0.5Fe0.4Cr0.1O3 has been prepared according to the citrate precursor method at two different temperatures. Rietveld profile analysis shows that the phase crystallizes with the orthorhombic unit cell in the space group Pbnm. The size reduction due to the decrease in calcination temperature leads to an increase in lattice parameters and an expansion of the cell volume. The average grain size obtained from the TEM measurement is found to be larger than the observed crystal size obtained from XRD. The magnetic studies suggest that the anti-ferromagnetic interactions are dominant because of Fe3+–O–Fe3+ and Cr3+–O–Cr3+ exchange interactions.

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Authors are thankful to the University Grants Commission, New Delhi, for financial support under the UGC Major Research Project (F.No. 41-284/2012SR; dated 13 July 2012). The authors are also thankful to Dr. Harpreet Singh, Central Research Facility Section, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, for recording XRD. Thanks are also due to Prof. Ramesh Chandra, Institute Instrumentation Centre, Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, for recording EDAX data, and Director, Sophisticated Analytical Instrumentation Facility (SAIF), Panjab University Chandigarh, for recording the TEM.

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    Devinder Singh, Suram Singh & Arun Mahajan

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Singh, D., Singh, S. & Mahajan, A. Structure and magnetic properties of nano-sized perovskite oxide La0.5Sr0.5Ti0.5Fe0.4Cr0.1O3 synthesized by the citrate precursor method. Monatsh Chem 145, 1235–1241 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00706-014-1189-6

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