A. Simopoulos et al., SPIN FLUCTUATIONS IN LA2 3CA1/3MNO3 PROBED BY FE-57 AND SN-119 MOSSBAUER-SPECTROSCOPY/, Journal of magnetism and magnetic materials, 177, 1998, pp. 860-861
Spin fluctuations in two samples of the La2/3Ca1/3MnO3 system doped wi
th 1% Fe-57 and 5% Sn were studied by Mossbauer spectroscopy. Fe subst
itutes for Mn3+ and Sn for Mn4+. A charge redistribution occurs betwee
n 4.2 K and T-c. The charge carrier concentration defines magnetic reg
ions with different coupling constants which fluctuate with relaxation
rates increasing exponentially with temperature. At similar to 0.9T(c
) both probes reveal charge localization which spreads fast in the Mn3
+/Mn4+ lattice as the temperature approaches T-c. (C) 1998 Elsevier Sc
ience B.V. All rights reserved.