Processamento e propriedades magnéticas de manganitas multiferróicas = Mise en forme et propriétés magnétiques de manganites multiferróïques

• Ano de defesa: 2014
• Autor(a) principal: Santos, Maria Elenice dos [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
• Palavras-chave em Português: Minerios; Raios X - Difração; Ciência dos materiais; Ores
• Link de acesso: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/110887

Structural and magnetic properties of Co2MnO4, an inverse spinel structure with spatial group Fd3m and cubic symmetry, were investigated by X-Ray Diffraction (DRX) and using a SQUID magnetometer. Co2MnO4 is a multiferroic compound presenting electrical and magnetic properties due to the presence of the Co and Mn elements, which are distributed on tetrahedral and octahedral sites of the AB2O4 structure. Valence fluctuations of Co and Mn (Co2+/Co3+ and Mn2+/Mn3+/Mn4+) can easily occur and depend on the synthesis procedures and thermal procedures, which can change the oxidation states of the metallic cations. In this work, samples of BixCo2-xMnO4 (0,0<x<0,3) were synthesized partially replacing Co by Bi, a non magnetic element. A soft chemical route, the modified polymeric precursors method (MPPM) was used. All samples were heat-treated in similar conditions, under a temperature of 1000ºC (24h). DRX results, associated with Rietveld refinements, showed crystalline materials with similar crystallographic data. The cell parameter of the cubic structure increased with the Bi content. SEM imagens showed that Bi presence altered the grins sizes (~1 - 10 um). A spurious phase, rich in Bi, was formed due to both the solubility limit of Bi and the ionic radii of Co (0,64A) and Bi (1,17A). In order to solve these questions, synthesis of a new solid solution, the CoxBi2-xMnO4(0.0<x<1.7), by the MPPM route was attempted. In parallel, a novel elaboration method, the mechanochemical route (MS), was used to synthesize the BixCo2-xMnO4 (0.0<x<0.3) series. The magnetic results, MxT (Zero-Field-Cooled/Field-Cooled) cycles, 1/x-versus-T curves and MxH hysteresis loops, revealed important information about the magnetic nature and oxidation states of the Co and Mn cations. The ferrimagnetic behavior of Co2MnO4 was preserved, with the ZFC/FC curves exhibiting well-defined magnetic transitions and strong irreversibility below Tc. Several magnetic parameters, such...