Magnetism in quasi-two-dimensional tri-layer La2.1Sr1.9Mn3O10 manganite.
2021
The tri-layer La
$$_{3-3x}$$
Sr
$$_{1+3x}$$
Mn
$$_{3}$$
O
$$_{10}$$
manganites of Ruddlesden–Popper (RP) series are naturally arranged layered structure with alternate stacking of ω-MnO
$$_2$$
(ω = 3) planes and rock-salt type block layers (La, Sr)
$$_2$$
O
$$_2$$
along c-axis. The dimensionality of the RP series manganites depends on the number of perovskite layers and significantly affects the magnetic and transport properties of the system. Generally, when a ferromagnetic material undergoes a magnetic phase transition from ferromagnetic to paramagnetic state, the magnetic moment of the system becomes zero above the transition temperature (T
$$ _{C} $$
). However, the tri-layer La
$$_{2.1}$$
Sr
$$_{1.9}$$
Mn
$$_{3}$$
O
$$_{10}$$
shows non-zero magnetic moment above T
$$ _{C} $$
and also another transition at higher temperature T
$$ ^{*} \approx $$
263 K. The non-zero magnetization above T
$$ _{C} $$
emphasizes that the phase transition in tri-layer La
$$_{2.1}$$
Sr
$$_{1.9}$$
Mn
$$_{3}$$
O
$$_{10}$$
not a ferromagnetic to paramagnetic state. We show here the non-zero magnetic moment above T
$$ _{C} $$
is due to the quasi-two-dimensional nature of the tri-layer La
$$_{2.1}$$
Sr
$$_{1.9}$$
Mn
$$_{3}$$
O
$$_{10}$$
manganite. The scaling of the magnetic entropy change confirms the second-order phase transition and the critical behavior of phase transition has been studied around T
$$_C$$
to understand the low dimensional magnetism in tri-layer La
$$_{2.1}$$
Sr
$$_{1.9}$$
Mn
$$_{3}$$
O
$$_{10}$$
. We have obtained the critical exponents for tri-layer La
$$_{2.1}$$
Sr
$$_{1.9}$$
Mn
$$_{3}$$
O
$$_{10}$$
, which belong to the short-range two-dimensional (2D)-Ising universality class. The low dimensional magnetism in tri-layer La
$$_{2.1}$$
Sr
$$_{1.9}$$
Mn
$$_{3}$$
O
$$_{10}$$
manganite is also explained with the help of renormalization group theoretical approach for short-range 2D-Ising systems. It has been shown that the layered structure of tri-layer La
$$_{2.1}$$
Sr
$$_{1.9}$$
Mn
$$_{3}$$
O
$$_{10}$$
results in three different types of interactions intra-planer (
$$ J_{ab} $$
), intra-tri-layer (
$$ J_{c} $$
) and inter-tri-layer (
$$ J' $$
) such that $$ J_{ab}> J_{c}>> J' $$
and competition among these give rise to the canted antiferromagnetic spin structure above T
$$ _{C} $$
. Based on the similar magnetic interaction in bi-layer manganite, we propose that the tri-layer La
$$_{2.1}$$
Sr
$$_{1.9}$$
Mn
$$_{3}$$
O
$$_{10}$$
should be able to host the skyrmion below T
$$ _{C} $$
due to its strong anisotropy and layered structure.
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