A large low field colossal magnetoresistance in the La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 and CoFe2O4 combined system
- Yan, CH
- Xu, ZG
- Zhu, T
- Wang, ZM
- Cheng, FX
- Huang, YH
- Liao, CS
DOIAbstract
La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 and CoFe2O4 samples have been prepared by a sol-gel process. A mixture of the two samples was annealed at 800 degrees C and the scanning electron micrograph shows large CoFe2O4 grains well surrounded by La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 grains. The powder x-ray diffraction patterns indicate no evidence of reaction between the La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 and CoFe2O4. The resistivity of the combined sample (with 20 wt% CoFe2O4) is about an order of magnitude larger than that of the same-grain-sized La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 sample, while a large low field magnetoresistance (MR) has been obtained in the combined samples. Under an applied field of 5 kOe, the MR of the combined sample is 10% even at 280 K and 5% at 290 K, whereas the same nanosized La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 sample is...
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