Abstract
The effects of Co-site doping of Ni2+ ions on the crystal structure, electronic structure, and magnetic properties of La1.5Sr0.5CoMnO6 are investigated. The doping causes an increase in the anti-site disorder and a change in the content of Co2+/3+ and Mn3+/4+, as well as a change in the spin state of Co ions. Ni doping introduces Ni2+-O2--Mn4+ ferromagnetic interactions to increase the ferromagnetic transition temperature. Samples display different dominant clusters, and field cooling promotes the presence of ferromagnetic clusters, allowing an increase in the Griffiths phase. Interestingly, Ni doping enables tuning the conventional and spontaneous exchange bias (EB) effects, increasing the EB field for intermediate concentrations. Moreover, the maxima of both EB fields do not occur in the same sample, which leads to a new understanding of the relationship between these two effects. The possible mechanisms related to the uncompensated spin and competition between ferromagnetic and antiferromagnetic clusters are discussed, respectively.
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