Abstract

The effect of electron doping on the structural, transport, and magnetic properties of Mn (IV)—rich Ca1−xYxMnO3 (x≤0.2) samples have been investigated using neutron diffraction, neutron depolarization, magnetization and resistivity techniques. The temperature dependence of resistivity follows the small polaron model and the activation energy exhibits a minimum for x=0.1 sample. A phase separated magnetic ground state consisting of ferromagnetic domains (∼7μm) embedded in G-type antiferromagnetic matrix is observed in the sample, x=0.1. The transition to the long-range magnetically ordered state in this sample is preceded by a Griffith’s phase. On lowering temperature below 300K a structural transition from orthorhombic structure (Pnma) to a monoclinic structure (P21/m) is observed in the case of x=0.2 sample. The ferromagnetic behavior in this case is suppressed and the antiferromagnetic ordering is described by coexisting C-type and G-type magnetic structures corresponding to the monoclinic and orthorhombic phases, respectively.

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