Electrical transport properties and magnetic cluster glass behavior of Nd0.7Sr0.3MnO3 nanoparticles

TLDR: In this article, the transport and magnetic properties of Nd07Sr03MnO3 nanoparticles were investigated by the sol-gel method and the results showed that resistivity increases with the decrease of the particle size due to the enhancement of the grain boundary effect.

Abstract: The transport and magnetic properties have been investigated in Nd07Sr03MnO3 nanoparticles prepared by the sol-gel method The resistivity (ρ) increases with the decrease of the particle size due to the enhancement of the grain boundary effect ρ(T) shows two distinct transitions for all the samples such as metal-insulator transition and transition due to the barrier caused by the grain boundary effect The thermopower (S) is found to be negative and at high temperature S follows the adiabatic small polaron hopping theory In the metallic region the spin wave contribution is found to be dominant in the temperature dependence of the thermopower The magnetoresistance (MR) of the ultrafine particles increases with the decrease of particle size indicating substantial contribution from the grain boundaries Spin polarized intergrain tunneling effect plays an important role in the MR of a smaller size particle, whereas in the case of samples of higher dimension spin fluctuation contributes predominantly The