Published September 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

An electron paramagnetic resonance and magnetically modulated microwave absorption characterization of thermochromic (Ba, Li)-Mn oxides

  • 1. Departamento de Materiales Metalicos y Ceramicos, Instituto de Investigaciones en Materiales, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Apartado Postal 70-360, Coyoacan, DF 04510 (Mexico)
  • 2. Departamento de Ciencias de los Materiales, ESFM-IPN, Edificio 9, Av. Instituto Politecnico Nacional S/N, Col. San Pedro Zacatenco, DF 07738 (Mexico)
  • 3. Centro de Ciencias de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Apartado Postal 2681, 22800 Ensenada BC (Mexico)
  • 4. Facultad de Quimica, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, Cd. Universitaria, 04510 Mexico DF (Mexico)

Description

We report electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) and magnetically modulated microwave absorption spectroscopy (MAMMAS) studies on powdered BaMnO3 and Li2MnO3 in the 77-300 K temperature range. The two oxides showed one single-line EPR spectra at room temperature. For Li2MnO3 the absorption line changed continuously with temperature, and showed a paramagnetic behavior in the whole temperature range. For BaMnO3 an additional signal was observed below ∼196 K; at low temperature (<135 K) the original signal has practically vanished. The changes in the g-factor, peak-to-peak linewidth (ΔH pp) and integrated intensity (I EPR) as a function of temperature are studied. The MAMMAS spectrum for Li2Mn03 showed a monotonic increase with temperature; this result confirmed its paramagnetic behavior. For BaMnO3 the MAMMAS signal exhibited a maximum at T max=139 K, approximately the temperature for the color change

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.jmmm.2007.03.064;
PII
S0304-8853(07)00402-7;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
Journal Volume
316
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. e695-e698
ISSN
0304-8853
CODEN
JMMMDC

Conference

Title
Joint European magnetic symposia
Dates
26-30 Jun 2006
Place
San Sebastian (Spain)

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