Abstract
Two-dimensional (2D) planar architectures of inorganic materials have attracted great attention owing to their fascinating physical properties. However, nanosheets of the technologically relevant doped rare-earth manganites are still elusive. Stacked 10–14 nm thick nanosheets of phase pure Pr1–xCaxMnO3 (PCMO; x = 0.3 and 0.49) were obtained by decomposition of carbon coated CaCO3/MnCO3 microsheets and Pr2O2CO3 aggregates, the latter synthesized under pressure at 500–800 °C. The PCMO nanosheets had flatter Mn–O–Mn tilt angles in the MnO6 octahedra and ferromagnetic (FM) moments at 5 K. Spontaneous exchange bias (SEB) coupling between the antiferromagnetic (AF)/FM spins was observed at 5 K under zero-field cooling. High FM moments and SEB were possible due to the long-range magnetic interactions in the stacked 2D arrangement of Mn3+/Mn4+ d-electron spins, where charge ordering was completely suppressed. The SEB behavior was dependent on the initial magnetization process and the direction of rotation of the random spins at the AF/FM interface.
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