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IOP Publishing, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 39(26), p. 396002

DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/26/39/396002

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Ferromagnetic interactions in Mn3+based perovskites

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Abstract

La0.7Sr0.3Mn3+0.85Sb5+0.15O3 and La0.7Sr0.3Mn3+0.8Sb5+0.1Ge4+0.1O3 compounds with dominantly isovalent Mn3+ ions were studied by neutron powder diffraction and magnetization measurements. The compounds are basically ferromagnetic, with magnetic moments slightly above of 3 μB/Mn. Upon temperature decrease, the compounds exhibit structural transition from a rhombohedral phase to orbitally disordered orthorhombic one. The structural transitions occur well above the temperature of magnetic ordering (Tc ≈ 130 K). It is suggested that the ferromagnetic state is governed by the positive part of superexchange interactions Mn3+‒O‒Mn3+, which is enhanced by Mn(eg)‒O(2p) hybridization.