INFLUENCE OF CHARGE AND MAGNETIC-ORDERING ON THE INSULATOR-METAL TRANSITION IN PR1-XCAXMNO3

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LEES, MR [1 ]
BARRATT, J [1 ]
BALAKRISHNAN, G [1 ]
PAUL, DMK [1 ]
YETHIRAJ, M [1 ]
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[1] OAK RIDGE NATL LAB, DIV SOLID STATE, OAK RIDGE, TN 37831 USA
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10.1103/PhysRevB.52.R14303
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A detailed study of the properties of Pr1-xCaxMnO3 shows that for a range of compositions (0.3 less than or equal to x<0.5) there is a first-order magnetic-field-induced insulator-metal transition. For the x= 0.4 composition the magnetic and charge ordering (CO) effects are decoupled with antiferromagnetic (AFM) ordering, T-N=170 K, developing at considerably lower temperatures than the CO state, T-CO=250 K. Below the CO temperature, metamagnetic transitions exist that transform the magnetic correlations from either paramagnetic or AFM to ferromagnetic. Metastable conducting states are formed below 25 K.
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