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Spin-phonon coupling and dielectric spectroscopy in nano-crystalline PrCoMnO double perovskite manganite

arXiv:2104.05067 · doi:10.1016/j.physb.2021.412943

Abstract

In this paper, we present the spin-phonon coupling and dielectric response of nano-crystalline PrCoMnO employing Raman and dielectric spectroscopic study. PrCoMnO is a manganite compound , it undergoes a paramagnetic to ferromagnetic (PM-FM) phase transition around 172 K. Temperature-dependent Raman scattering experiment is carried out across to study the spin-phonon behavior in this material. The results from Raman study reveal an obvious softening of the phonon mode involving stretching vibrations of the (Co/Mn)O octahedra in ferromagnetic temperature regions, indicating a close correlation between magnetism and lattice in PrCoMnO and conform the spin phonon coupling. Further, we have carried out detailed study on dielectric response, impedance spectroscopy, electric modulus and AC conductivity of PrCoMnO ceramics in the temperature range of 20 K - 300 K and frequency range of 1kHz - 5.5MHz. We found PrCoMnO shows strong frequency dependence with large dispersion and large dielectric constant. It is found that thermally activated relaxation mechanism is involve and material is deviated from Debye's model which is confirmed by Nyquist plot and complex modules behavior.

11 pages, 11 figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2004.13473

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