Abstract
We report extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) measurements at the Mn K-edge and dc magnetic measurements performed on (La 1− x Ca x )(Mn 1− y Cu y )O 3 samples ( x = 0.37 and 0.75 and y = 0.03 or 0.08), thus comparing the effects determined by the partial Mn substitution with Jahn–Teller Cu 2+ ions with those induced by the already studied analogous substitution of Mn with non-Jahn-Teller Cr 3+. Hence, in the present paper we complete our study on the influence of chemical Mn site substitutions on the nanoscale phase inhomogeneity characteristic of these strongly correlated electron systems. We observe that the Cu 2+ substitution determines two very different effects in the two compositions belonging from the opposite sides of the phase diagram. In the x = 0.37 case it weakens the ferromagnetic ordering thus favouring the antiferromagnetic charge ordered phase component, while in the x = 0.75 one it does not significantly modify the charge ordering already present in the system, differently from what previously observed in presence of non-Jahn-Teller Cr 3+ substitution.
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