M Patra et al 2009 J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 21 486003 doi:10.1088/0953-8984/21/48/486003
M Patra, S Majumdar and S Giri
Show affiliationsElectrical transport properties as a function of magnetic field and time have been investigated in polycrystalline, Nd0.84Sr0.16CoO3. A strong exchange bias (EB) effect is observed associated with the fairly large intragranular magnetoresistance (MR). The EB effect observed in the MR curve is compared with the EB effect manifested in the magnetic hysteresis loop. A training effect, described as the decrease of EB effect when the sample is successively field cycled at a particular temperature, has been observed in the shift of the MR curve. The training effect could be analyzed by successful models. The EB effect, MR and a considerable time dependence in MR are attributed to the intrinsic nanostructure giving rise to varieties of magnetic interfaces in the grain interior.
73.50.Jt Galvanomagnetic and other magnetotransport effects (including thermomagnetic effects)
75.70.Ak Magnetic properties of monolayers and thin films
73.63.-b Electronic transport in nanoscale materials and structures
75.75.+a Magnetic properties of nanostructures
75.60.Ej Magnetization curves, hysteresis, Barkhausen and related effects
Condensed matter: electrical, magnetic and optical
Issue 48 (2 December 2009)
Received 25 August 2009, in final form 8 October 2009
Published 6 November 2009
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