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Site dilution and charge disorder effect on physical properties in SrRu$_{1-x}$Ga$_x$O$_3$

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2019-10-10 v1

Abstract

Here, we report an evolution of structural, magnetic and transport behavior in doped SrRu1x_{1-x}Gax_xO3_3 (xx \le 0.2). The nonmagnetic dopant Ga3+^{3+} (3d10d^{10}) not only acts for magnetic site dilution in SrRuO3_3 but also it modifies the Ru charge state and electronic density. Our studies show that Ga3+^{3+} substitution does not affect the original orthorhombic-\textit{Pbnm} structure of SrRuO3_3 which is due to its matching ionic radii with Ru4+^{4+}. However, Ga3+^{3+} has a substantial effect on the magnetic behavior of SrRuO3_3 where it decreases both magnetic moment as well as magnetic transition temperature TcT_c. Further, this dilution induces Griffiths phase behavior across TcT_c and cluster-glass behavior at low temperature with higher concentration of doping. The magnetic critical exponent β\beta increases with xx due to this site dilution effect. The Ga3+^{3+} induces an insulating state in SrRuO3_3 with xx >> 0.05. The charge transport in paramagnetic as well as in insulating state of samples can be well described with Mott's modified variable-range-hopping model. The metallic charge transport just below TcT_c in SrRuO3_3 obeys Fermi liquid behavior which, however breaks down at low temperature. We further find a correlation between field dependent magnetoresistance and magnetization through power-law behavior over the series.

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@article{arxiv.1910.03958,
  title  = {Site dilution and charge disorder effect on physical properties in SrRu$_{1-x}$Ga$_x$O$_3$},
  author = {Renu Gupta and Imtiaz Noor Bhatti and A K Pramanik},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1910.03958},
  year   = {2019}
}

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12 figures, To appear in JPCM