Abstract
The structural, magnetic and transport properties of the layered cobalt oxide GdBaCo2O5+δ (δ=0.45) were investigated. The extra oxygen resides on the Gd layer to form ordered octahedra along the a-axis evidenced by the doubling of the b-axis. The temperature and field dependent magnetization data of GdBaCo2O5+δ reveal a reentrant paramagnetic behavior at 75K, which occurs via a paramagnetic to ferromagnetic transition at 285K and a subsequent ferromagnetic to antiferromagnetic transition at 220K. The complex magnetic behavior is explained in terms of the spin-state transition of the Co3+ ion in the octahedral site from intermediate to low spin configuration and the orbital ordering of the eg electron in the intermediate spin state. In addition, we have found negative magneto resistance in the antiferromagnetic region, which is analogous to the giant magneto resistance reported for the multilayered magnetic film.
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