Magnetic Perovskites: Synthesis, Structure and Physical Properties (Engineering Materials)

Magnetic
perovskite with multi functional properties (magneto-resistive, magneto-dielectric,
multiferroics, spintronics, etc.) have attracted increasing attention due to
their possible applications towards storage materials and intriguing
fundamental Physics. Despite the numerous investigations on multi functional
materials in the past few years, a very few magnetic perovskites have been
known to realize as ferromagnetic-insulators. In perovskites centred transition
metal oxides strong interplay between lattice, charge, spin and/or orbital
degrees of freedom provide a fantastic playground to tune their physical
properties. The main purpose of this book is to introduce the phenomenon and
physics of complex magnetism (phase separation, spin glass, frustrations, etc.)
in perovskite manganites and cobaltites via an experimental approach. The book
is organized into four chapters; Chap. 1 gives a brief introduction of various interesting
phenomena in magnetic perovskites. Chapter 2 describes the results of the investigations
on electronic phase separation and glassy ferromagnetism of the hole-doped
perovskite manganites and cobaltites. Ordered and disordered effects and related
aspects in hole-doped perovskite cobaltites are described in Chap. 3. Finally,
in Chap. 4 the bismuth based magnetic perovskite is discussed.