Magnetocaloric properties of nanocrystalline La${}_{0.125}$Ca${}_{0.875}$MnO${}_3$

Abstract

Some recent experimental studies show the invisibility of antiferromagnetic transition in the cases of manganites when their particle size is reduced to nanometer scale. In complete contrast to these cases, we have observed the signature of antiferromagnetic transition in the magnetocaloric properties of nanocrystalline La${}_{0.125}$Ca${}_{0.875}$MnO${}_3$ of average particle size 70 and 60 nm similar to its polycrystalline bulk form. The system exhibit inverse magnetocaloric effect in its polycrystalline and nanocrystalline form. An extra ferromagnetic phase is stabilized at low temperature for the sample with particle size $\sim 60$ nm.

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