Dianta Ginting, Dwi Nanto, Yus Rama Denny, Kontan Tarigan, Syamsul Hadi, Mohammad Ihsan, Jong-Soo Rhyee
We investigated magnetic properties of La0.7Ca0.3Mn1-xFexO3 (x=0.09 and 0.11) compounds in terms of isothermal magnetization analysis and scaling behavior with various critical exponents. From the Landau theory of magnetic phase transition, we found that the paramagnetic to ferromagnetic phase transition in La0.7Ca0.3Mn1-xFexO3 (x=0.09 and 0.11) compounds is the type of second order magnetic transition (SOMT), which contrary to the first order magnetic transition (FOMT) for low Fe-doped compounds (x<0.09) in previous reports. When we investigate the critical behavior of the compounds near T=Tc by the modified Arrott plot, Kouvel-Fisher plots, and critical isothermal analysis, the estimated critical exponents β, γ, and δ are in between the theoretically predicted values for three-dimensional Heisenberg and mean-field interaction models. It is noteworthy that the scaling relations are obeyed in terms of renormalization magnetization m=ε-βM(H,ε) and renormalized field h=|ε|β+γH. Temperature-dependent effective exponents βeff and γeff correspond to the ones of disordered ferromagnets. It is shown that the magnetic state of the compounds is not fully described by the conventional localized-spin interaction model because the ferromagnetic interaction has itinerant character by increasing Fe-doping concentration. © 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Department of Applied Physics, Institute of Natural Sciences, Kyung Hee University, Yong-in, 446-701, South Korea; Physics Education, Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University, Jakarta, 15412, Indonesia; Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa, 42435, Banten, Indonesia; Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mercu Buana University, Jakarta-Barat, 11650, Jakarta, Indonesia; Department of Mechanical Engineering, State Polytechnic of Malang, East Java, 65100, Indonesia; PSTBM-BATAN, Kawasan Puspiptek Serpong, Tangerang Selatan, 15314, Banten, Indonesia; Institute of Electronic Materials, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, 2522, NSW, Australia