Impact of low level praseodymium substitution on the magnetic properties of YCrO3 orthochromites

Surendra Kumar; Indrani Coondoo; Ashok Rao; Bo Han Lu; Yung Kang Kuo; Andrei L. Kholkin; Neeraj Panwar

doi:10.1016/j.physb.2017.01.003

Impact of low level praseodymium substitution on the magnetic properties of YCrO₃ orthochromites

Surendra Kumar
, Indrani Coondoo
, Ashok Rao
, Bo Han Lu
, Yung Kang Kuo^*
, Andrei L. Kholkin
, Neeraj Panwar

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Praseodymium (Pr) modified yttrium orthochromites (YCrO₃ with Pr =0% and 5% at Y-sites) have been investigated with the aim of exploring the impact of low level Pr substitution on the magnetic properties including magnetization reversal, spin reorientation, and exchange bias of YCrO₃ compound. The samples exhibit a distorted orthorhombic structure with Pnma space group. A negative magnetization (or magnetization reversal) was observed under zero-field cooled (ZFC) mode for the pristine YCrO₃ sample, whereas such a feature disappeared with a 5% Pr substitution. In addition, the Pr-doped samples exhibited a spin reorientation behaviour which was absent in the pristine sample. Most interestingly, the ZFC magnetic hysteresis loops revealed a left and upward shift, resembling a negative exchange bias effect. These results indicate the effectiveness of low level doping in tailoring the magnetic properties of orthochromites.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	104-108
Number of pages	5
Journal	Physica B: Condensed Matter
Volume	510
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.physb.2017.01.003
Publication status	Published - 01-04-2017

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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