Abstract
In this work we present electrical resistivity, magnetic susceptibility, and electron spin resonance data at high temperature of the double perovskite. We found between 300 K and 900 K two metal-insulator transition temperatures at K and K respectively. Below the first transition, the material is metallic and magnetically ordered. Above 590 K, shows a metallic behavior again, while in the range we observed a weak localization. The magnetic susceptibility can be described taking into account localized and itinerant electrons. The paramagnetic resonance of ions with can be studied in temperature. Above the linewidth data present similar behavior to that of manganese perovskites, with a relaxation mechanism related to spin-spin interactions. The intensity of the resonance line decreases with T faster than a Curie law expected, due to a reduction in the number of localized spins of the ions. At high temperatures K) we observe a second paramagnetic resonance line with associated with a small amount of ions.
- Received 29 December 1999
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.62.3340
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