Abstract
Effect of 90 MeV heavy-ion irradiation on the surface morphology, transport and magnetic properties of La 0.9Pb 0.1MnO 3 (LPMO) single crystals has been reported. It was found that at low ion-fluence the metal–insulator transition temperature ( T MI) increases by ∼3 K and the Curie temperature ( T c ) increases ∼4 K, and the resistivity decreases as the irradiation increases up to 1 × 10 12. However, we have observed that the T MI reduces with an increase in resistivity for the fluence of 1 × 10 13. These results correlate well with the irradiation induced strain, creation of point defect and grain boundaries in the crystals.
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