• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• v.43 no.1
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• pp.71-75
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• 2005

$La_{0.5}Ca_{0.5}MnO_3$ colossal magnetoresistance (CMR) powders and pellets were synthesized by sol-gel process. The structural changes were investigated by FT-IR, CP/MAS $^{13}C$ solid state NMR spectroscopy and XRD. The particle characterization, microstructure of sintered samples, and cation composition of gel powders were studied by FE-SEM/EDS, TEM and ICP-AES. The structure refinement reveals that $La_{0.5}Ca_{0.5}MnO_3$ has orthorhombic, perovskite type unit cell. The magnetic characterizations were identified through measurement of magnetic moment by VSM.

• Journal of the Korean Magnetics Society
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• v.17 no.1
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• pp.14-17
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• 2007

Magnetic properties of transition metal doped $La_{0.5}Ca_{0.5}(Mn_{0.98}TM_{0.02})O_3$(TM=Cr and Ti) are studied. The samples are synthesized by the conventional solid-state method. Using vibrating sample magnetometer magnetization-temperature measurement were carried out with zero field cooling and field cooling at 50 Oe. Cr-doped sample shows cluster or spin glass like behavior while Ti doped does not. Curie temperature obtained were decreased from that of LCMO(245.5 K). Curie temperatures of Cr-doped and Ti-doped samples are 235.5 K and 232.7 K, respectively. The temperature-dependent coercivity $H_c(T)$ was also measured. The coercive force continuously decreases with the substitution of Cr and Ti, The result can be understood in terms of the interaction between defect and domain wall.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.38 no.5
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• pp.461-465
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• 2001

La$_{0.7}$Ca$_{0.3}$MnO$_3$분말은 공기중에서 하소온도와 시간의 변화에 따라 각각 용액연소법과 고상반응법을 이용하여 제조되었다. 조성 및 구조 특성을 XRD와 SEM으로부터 조사하였으며 소결성은 dilatometer에 의해 조사되었다. 또한 분말 특성은 BET에 의해 조사되었고 분말의 하소온도는 TG 분석으로부터 결정되었다. 하소온도 및 시간이 증가함에 따라 La$_{0.7}$Ca$_{0.3}$MnO$_3$상의 XRD peak가 증가하였는데, 고상반응법을 이용한 경우 100$0^{\circ}C$에서 24시간 동안 하소해서야 겨우 La$_{0.7}$Ca$_{0.3}$MnO$_3$의 단상을 얻을 수 있었으나 용액연소법을 이용한 경우, $650^{\circ}C$에서 30분 동안 하소함으로써 submicron 입자크기를 갖는 단상이면서 초미세한 La$_{0.7}$Ca$_{0.3}$MnO$_3$분말을 쉽게 얻을 수 있었다. 또한 용액연소법에 의해 제조된 다결정인 La$_{0.7}$Ca$_{0.3}$MnO$_3$분말은 49.44$m^2$/g 정도의 매우 큰 비표면적을 얻을 수 있었다. 이 값은 고상반응법에 의해 제조된 분말의 비표면적 보다 매우 컸으며 이와 같으 사실로 인해 용액연소법에 의해 제조된 분말의 소결온도를 낮출 수 있었다. 분말의 소결온도를 낮출 수 있었다.

• Journal of the Korean Magnetics Society
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• v.19 no.3
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• pp.94-99
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• 2009

We have studied the effects of oxygen partial pressure change on the physical properties of the $La_{0.7}Ca_{0.3}MnO_3$ thin films grown by Pulsed laser Deposition. Contrary to the previous reports, thin films of high curie temperature were successfully synthesized at very low oxygen partial pressure ($1.0{\times}10^{-5}$, $1.0{\times}10^{-6}Torr$). These observations indicate that the shape of plasma plume and the kinetic energy of the ablated species in it play an important role in determining the quality of samples. We also fabricated p-n heterojunction of $La_{0.7}Ca_{0.3}MnO_3$ and Nb-doped $SrTiO_3$. The current-voltage curves show rectifying behavior and, furthermore, the current responses to the applied magnetic field, indicating a potential possibility of device applications.

• Journal of the Korean Electrochemical Society
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.55-59
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• 2017

In this study, thermoelectric characteristics of perovskite $La_{0.5}Ca_{0.5}MnO_3$ (LCMO) nanomaterials were investigated by theoretical simulation and experimental analysis. Thermoelectric power factors calculated by DFT simulation were gradually enhanced as increase in annealing temperature. Maximum power factor was obtained with high magnitude of $S^2{\sigma}=566{\mu}W/m{\cdot}K^2$ at 1100 K through a dominant improvement of Seebeck coefficient compared with electrical conductivity. Experimentally, the LCMO nanomaterials were hydrothermally synthesized and then treated by post thermal annealing with temperature variation. X-ray diffraction and SEM analysis illustrated that LCMO exhibited orthorhombic perovskite structures with small grain size of 16~19 nm over 873 K. The results directly confirmed that improvement of crystallinity and decrease of mean grain size given by post thermal annealing lead to enhancements of electrical conductivity and Seebeck coefficient, respectively.

• Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society
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• v.28 no.8
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• pp.603-610
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• 1991

An oxygen deficient perovskite (CaLa)(MgMn)O5.43, with the cubic unit cell parameter of 3.826$\AA$, was prepared 115$0^{\circ}C$ for 10 hrs under the ambient oxygen gas pressure. The average oxidation state of manganese was determined to be 3.86 by the iodometric titration, so that the perovskite could be formulated as (CaLa) ({{{{ { MgMn}`_{ chi } ^{II } }}{{{{ { Mn}`_{ y} ^{III } }}{{{{ { Mn}`_{1- chi -y } ^{IV } }})O5.43 (2x+y=0.14). From X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, the manganese ions in the lattice are mostly tetravalent, but two paramagnetic configurations were observed in the EPR spectrum: One sharp isotropic signal with hyperfines (ΔH 50 G, g=1.997$\pm$0.002 and │A│=82(4)$\times$10-4 cm-1) and a broad isotropic one (ΔH 1600 G, g=1.994$\pm$0.002), those which correspond respectively to Mn(II) and Mn(IV) ions. According to the magnetic susceptibility measurement, it follows the Curie-Weiss law from 20 K up to room temperature with $\mu$eff=5.23 $\mu$B, which is relatively larger than spin-only value({{{{ { mu }`_{eff} ^{s.o } }}=4.04 $\mu$B) due to the effect of weak ferromagnetic coupling. Such a result is in accord with a theory of semicovalence exchange.

• Proceedings of the Korean Magnestics Society Conference
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• 2005.06a
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• pp.194-195
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• 2005

• Korean Journal of Crystallography
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• v.11 no.4
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• pp.231-237
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• 2000

CMR Materials RE/sub 1-x/Ca/sub x/MnO₃(RE=La, Nd, A=Ca, Sr) were grown using the floating zone image furnace with halogen lamps as heat source. The growth condition was at 2∼10 mm/hr growth rate in air atmosphere, were 445∼50 rpm and 20∼25 rpm of rotation rate of feedrod and growing crystal, respectively. The grown crystals showed shiny black color and annealed at 1500℃ in a box furnace to release the residual stress during cooling. Characterization analyses of the crystal were carried out using XRD and SEM. The crystal structure of Nd/sub 0.7/Ca/sub 0.3/MnO₃ was analyzed with smart CCD XRD was lattice parameter of a=5.425(4)Å, b=5.434(4)Å, and c=7.712(5)Å, an orthorombic system with space group of pbnm.

• Journal of the Korean Vacuum Society
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• v.12 no.S1
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• pp.67-69
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• 2003

The magnetic properties of single- and poly-crystalline $La_{0.7}Sr_{0.3}MnO_3/Pr_{0.65}Ca_{0.35}MnO_3$ multilayered (ML) films, and composite (CP) $(La_{0.7}Sr_{0.3})_{0.5}(Pr_{0.65}Ca_{0.35}_{0.5}MnO_3$ films, prepared by laser ablation, have been investigated in a wide temperature range. It was shown that the transformation from an incoherent to a coherent interface in the ML films leads to an enhancement of the ferromagnetic coupling between layers and to a single-phase magnetic transition. The amorphous CP films demonstrate a paramagnetic behavior of the magnetization with a sharp peak at $T_{G}\approx$45 K, which was interpreted as the formation of Griffiths phase. A short-term annealing at $750^{\circ}C$ induced the complete crystallization of film, and a recovery of the ferromagnetic and the metal-insulator transitions.

• Journal of Magnetics
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• v.5 no.3
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• pp.99-101
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• 2000

Oxygen-plasma effects of single crystal and thin film samples of $La_{0.7}Ca_{0.3}MnO_{3-\delta}$ have been studied. Our resistivity measurements indicate that oxygen plasma treatment gives rise to oxygen diffusion into bulk regions, which results in a decrease of $Mn^{3+}$ concentration in oxygen nonstoichiometric $La_{0.7}Ca_{0.3}MnO_{3-\delta}$ and in the activation energies of Holstein's small polarons in the paramagnetic region.