Abstract
Electron magnetic resonance (EMR) spectra were measured on different La1−xSrxMnO3 manganites at the interval 100⩽T⩽420 K for studying an influence of the synthesis conditions on the magnetic homogeneity of the sample. The micron-sized crushed crystals La0.833Sr0.126MnO3 and La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 grown by fused-salt electrolysis and by floating zone melting with the Curie temperatures TC=320 K and 350 K, respectively, as well as nanosized sonochemically sintered powders La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 (annealed, TC=340 K) were studied. The results obtained show that samples originated from bulk crystals are less homogeneous than the nanocrystalline one. Except for higher homogeneity, the nanosized sample demonstrates also a weaker magnetic anisotropy. As a result, strongly pronounced magnetic phase separation (revealed as coexisting ferromagnetic and paramagnetic signals in EMR spectra) is observed in crushed crystals.
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