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Dynamic heat capacity of perovskite manganites: calorimetric evidence for a first order transition and its implication to the magnetocaloric effect

  • Kim, Y. B.;Y. H. Jeong
    • Proceedings of the Korean Magnestics Society Conference
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    • 2003.06a
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    • pp.40-40
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    • 2003
  • Finding a solid material with a large value of the magnetocaloric effect near room temperature is of exceeding importance, since this would lead to the development of more compact and environmentally safer cooling systems. Recently, manganites become the focus of attention due to its large magnetocaloric effect. We demonstrate, via dynamic calorimetric measurements, that the large magnetocaloric effect in perovskite manganites stems from the first-order nature of the magnetic transition. Our results offer a clue in search for ideal magnetocaloric materials working in the vicinity of room temperature.

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Factors Affecting the Magnitude of the Metal-Insulator Transition Temperature in AMo4O6 (A=K, Sn)

  • Jung, Dong-Woon;Choi, Kwang-Sik;Kim, Sung-Jin
    • Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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    • v.25 no.7
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    • pp.959-964
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    • 2004
  • A low-dimensional metal frequently exhibits a metal-insulator transition through a charge-density-wave (CDW) or a spin-density-wave (SDW) which accompany it's structural changes. The transition temperature is thought to be determined by the amount of energy produced during the transition process and the softness of the original structure. $AMo_4O_6$ (A=K, Sn) are known to be quasi-one dimensional metals which exhibit metalinsulator transitions. The difference of the transition temperatures between $KMo_4O_6$ and $SnMo_4O_6$ (A=K, Sn) is examined by investigating their electronic and structural properties. Fermi surface nesting area and the lattice softness are the governing factors to determine the metal-insulator transition temperature in $AMo_4O_6$ compounds.

EFFECTS OF Co-DOPING LEVEL ON THE MICROSTRUCTURAL AND FERROMAGNETIC PROPERTIES OF LIQUID-DELIVERY METALORGANIC-CHEMICAL-VAPOR-DEPOSITED $Ti_{1-x}Co_xO_2$ THIN FILMS

  • Seong, N.J.;Seong, S.G.
    • Proceedings of the Korean Magnestics Society Conference
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    • 2002.12a
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    • pp.42-43
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    • 2002
  • Spintronics is a rapidly expanding research area because of recent developments in the physics of spin-dependent phenomena. For use as spintronic materials, dilute magnetic semiconductors (DMS) are of considerable interest as spin injectors for spintronic devices.$^{[1]}$ Many researchers have studied DMS, in which transition metal atoms are introduced into the lattice, thus inserting local magnetic moments into the lattice. (omitted)

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133Cs Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Relaxation Study of the Phase Transition of Cs2MnCl4·2H2O Single Crystals

  • Heo, Cheol;Lim, Ae-Ran
    • Journal of the Korean Magnetic Resonance Society
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    • v.14 no.2
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    • pp.76-87
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    • 2010
  • The structural phase transition of $Cs_2MnCl_4{\cdot}2H_2O$ single crystals was investigated by determining the $^{133}Cs$ spin-lattice relaxation time $T_1$. The number of resonance lines in the $^{133}Cs$ spectrum changes from seven to one near 375 K, which means that above 375 K the Cs sites are symmetric. Further, the $T_1$ of the $^{133}Cs$ nucleus undergoes a significant change near 375 K, which coincides with the change in the splitting of the $^{133}Cs$ resonance lines. The change in $T_1$ near $T_C$ is related to the loss of $H_2O$, and means that the forms of the octahedra of water molecules surrounding $Cs^+$ are disrupted.

Thickness-Driven Spin Reorientation Transition in Co/Pd(111); In Situ SMOKE Three-Dimensional Vector Magnetometry

  • Lee, Jeong-Won;Kim, Sang-Koog;Kim, Jonggeol;Jeong, Jong-Ryul;Ahn, Jae-Seok;Shin, Sung-Chul
    • Proceedings of the Korean Magnestics Society Conference
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    • 2000.09a
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    • pp.287-296
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    • 2000
  • We have developed a three-axis configurational in situ SMOKE apparatus by which three-dimensional vector magnetization reversal processes are studied for ultrathin Co films grown on a Pd (111) single crystal in the thickness range of spin-reorientation transition. This study provides a better understanding of magnetization reversal motions with the knowledge of 3 components of magnetization vector at the transition of an easy axis of magnetization from the film normal at 5 ML Co to in-plane at 6 ML Co (ML notes monolayer). For a 5.25 ML Co, it was observed that a slightly canted magnetization vector from the film normal rotated in the film plane under an applied field direction parallel to the film normal.

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