Co-Substitution Effect in Room-Temperature Ferromagnetic Oxide Sr3.1Y0.9Co4O10.5
Akihiro Tsuruta1, Shuji Kawasaki1,2, Masashi Mikami1
1National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Shimo-Shidami, Moriyama-ku, Nagoya 463-8560, Japan.
Abstract:
We investigated the Co substitution effect for the magnetic properties in room-temperature ferromagnetic oxide Sr3.1Y0.9Co4O10.5. The substituted element (Al and Ga) and low-spin state Co3+, which was changed from a high-spin or intermediate-spin state by Al or Ga substitution, reduced the Curie temperature to even 1.5 times lower than the temperature estimated from a simple dilution effect. Al3+ preferentially substituted for intermediate-spin-state Co3+ in the ferrimagnetic CoO6 layer and deteriorated the saturation magnetization of Sr3.1Y0.9Co4O10.5. By contrast, Ga3+ substituted for high-spin-state Co3+ in the CoO6 layer and/or the antiferromagnetic CoO4.25 layer and enhanced the saturation magnetization per Co ion. These results indicate that the magnetic properties of Sr3.1Y0.9Co4O10.5 can be controlled by selectively substituting for Co3+ with different spin states.
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