Exchange bias and magnetic memory effect in hole doped Nd0.78Sr0.22CoO3 nanoparticles
Neepamala Giri1, Bohnni Shikha Biswas1, Payal Sengupta1
1Department of Physics, Jadavpur University Kolkata-700032 India juphyruma@gmail.com +91 (033) 2457-2629.
Abstract:
Nd0.78Sr0.22CoO3 nanoparticles having 89 nm average particle size are synthesized by standard sol-gel techniques. Structural and morphological characterization is performed by X-ray diffraction and FESEM images. DC magnetization studies in the range 1.6 K to 300 K reveal the disordered magnetic phase below 36 K. Existence of this disordered magnetic phase is substantiated by the magnetic memory effect. A significant upturn in the ZFC magnetization below 4.5 K, which is a signature of a dominant ferromagnetic (FM) component, is observed. This FM component may be attributed to the uncompensated (UC) spins at the surface of Nd0.78Sr0.22CoO3 nanoparticles. The presence of the interface of these two magnetic components with significantly different anisotropy results in the exchange bias effect.
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