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Magnetic field at Ce impurities in La sites of LaBaMn2O6 double perovskites
2019 - BOSCH-SANTOS, B.; NASCIMENTO, N.; SAIKI, M.; CORREA, E.L.; SALES, T.S.; PEREIRA, L.F.; CABRERA-PASCA, G.A.; CARBONARI, A.W.
Magnetic behavior in LaBaMn2O6 double perovskite compounds has been investigated with various techniques, due to the rich variety of electromagnetic properties, such as a colossal magnetoresistance, charge and orbital ordering, and metal-insulator transition. In this paper, we have used a nuclear and short-range technique, the Perturbed Angular Correlation (PAC) spectroscopy, to investigate the magnetic hyperfine field at the 140Ce nucleus of Ce impurities occupying La sites. The radioactive 140La nuclei with a half-life of 40.8 h were produced by direct activation of natural La present in the samples through the irradiation with neutrons in the IEA-R1 nuclear research reactor of IPEN. The PAC measurements were carried out with a six BaF2 detector spectrometer at several temperatures between 10 K and 400 K. This double perovskite samples were synthesized by sol-gel route. The crystal structure was determined by X-ray diffraction and the analyses showed that this method produced perovskite oxides with cubic structure in Pm-3m space group. This phase occurs due to an oxygen deficiency. The local properties investigated by PAC spectroscopy revealed a ferromagnetic transition temperature above 300 K and an anomalous behavior of the temperature dependence of magnetic hyperfine field at La sites, which can be ascribed to the contribution of 4f band of Ce to Bhf at low temperatures due to the increase in its localized character.
Magnetic field at Ce impurities in La sites of La0.5Ba0.5MnO3 double perovskites
2019 - BOSCH-SANTOS, B.; NASCIMENTO, N.M.; SAIKI, M.; CORREA, E.L.; SALES, T.S.N.; PEREIRA, L.F.D.; CABRERA-PASCA, G.A.; SAXENA, R.N.; SCHELL, J.; CARBONARI, A.W.
Due to its rich variety of electromagnetic properties, such as a colossal magnetoresistance, charge and orbital ordering, and metal-insulator transition, the magnetic behavior in La0.5Ba0.5MnO3 double perovskite compounds has been investigated by several techniques, however more experimental data, especially from atomic resolution techniques, are still necessary to understand such complex behavior. In this paper, we have used a nuclear and short-range technique, the Perturbed Angular Correlation (PAC) spectroscopy, to investigate the magnetic hyperfine interaction at the 140Ce and 111Cd probe nuclei as impurities occupying La sites. This double perovskite samples were synthesized by Sol- Gel route. The crystal structure was determined by X-ray diffraction and the analyses showed that this method produced perovskite oxides with cubic structure in Pm-3m space group and the homogeneity was determined by Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM). The local properties investigated by PAC spectroscopy revealed a ferromagnetic transition temperature above 300 K and a pure antiferromagnetic interaction below 100 K. Moreover, it also indicates an anomalous behavior of the temperature dependence of magnetic hyperfine field at La sites measured with 140Ce probe nuclei, which can be ascribed to the contribution of 4f band of Ce to Magnetic Hyperfine Field (Bhf) at low temperatures due to the increase in its localized character.
Production and study of nanoparticles magnetic properties by hyperfine interactions
2017 - NASCIMENTO, N.M.; CORREA, E.L.; BOSCH-SANTOS, B.; MATOS, I.T.; CABRERA-PASCA, G.A.; CARBONARI, A.W.
In the past years nanotechnology was highlighted as a quick growing field, with many applications in science and technology including information storage, drug delivery and medical images, in which gadolinium-based nanoparticles (NPs) have been studied as contrast agent for magnetic resonance image. On the other hand erbium oxide NPs present potential for many applications due to their optical, electrical and photoluminescence properties, and can be used in display monitors, carbon nanotubes for "green" chemistry and in bioimaging, and iron-based NPs have been studied for application in hyperthermia due to its superparamagnetic properties. At the Hyperfine Interactions Laboratory (LIH) NPs are synthesized by thermal decomposition and co-precipitation. Structural characterization is made using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) and magnetic properties are studied by magnetization, both at partner laboratories, and perturbed angular correlation (PAC) spectroscopy using 111In(111Cd) as probe nuclei at LIH. PAC spectroscopy is based on the angular correlation between nuclear radiations emitted by radioactive probe nuclei, which is a well-established method in nuclear spectroscopy. Perturbation occurs in this correlation by electromagnetic interactions external to the nucleus when it is inserted in a material, which can provide information on the electronic distribution of the neighborhood. In this work, an important material was investigated by PAC spectroscopy using 111In, which decays to 111Cd by electron capture, as probe nuclei. Results have shown that NPs produced by thermal decomposition present narrow size distribution, with average size of 5 nm. On the other hand, results related to NPs produced by co-precipitation have shown that NPs don’t have a homogeneity in size and shape distribution.
Teste de difusão do núcleo de prova 111In(111Cd) nos compostos: LaBaMn2O6 e LaBaCo2O6 "Double Perovskites" para a realização de medições utilizando a espectroscopia PAC
2017 - NASCIMENTO, NATALIA M.; BOSCH-SANTOS, BRIANNA; SCIARRETA, BEATRIZ A.; SANDALO, DANILO S.; CARBONARI, ARTUR W.
Determination of gadolinium and erbium in Gd2O3 and Er2O3 nanoparticle samples by neutron activation analysis
2017 - CORREA, E.L.; BOSCH-SANTOS, B.; SAIKI, M.; NASCIMENTO, N.M.; EFFENBERGER, F.B.; CARBONARI, A.W.; POTIENS, M.P.A.
Along these years the applications of nanoparticles (NPs) in medicine as radiosensitizers have been widely studied, so several methods for its syntheses are presented. One of the best synthesis methods for this application is by thermal decomposition, which produces small NPs size (3-5 nm) with a narrow size distribution. On the other hand NPs synthetized by this method are covered by an organic material, hence making their mass measurement impossible by conventional means. In this study neutron activation analysis (NAA) was applied to determine Gd and Er concentrations in their NP oxides. The analysis of NPs composition is not commonly carried out. However these determinations are of great importance when the NPs are used in radiosensitization tests and magnetization measurements. NPs were synthetized by the method of thermal decomposition, which consisted in adding and mixing Gd and Er acetate in an organic solution by stirring and heating at high temperature (about 573 K) for about six hours. After cooling at room temperature the solution was centrifuged to obtain the NPs that were separated from the liquid. For NAA about 5 mg of post-synthesis and 873 K annealed samples of Gd2O3-NP and Er2O3-NP were irradiated together with their respective element standard. One-minute irradiations were carried out at the IEA-R1 research nuclear reactor. Element concentrations were determined by measuring 159Gd and 171Er gamma ray activities (energy of 363.56 keV and 308.3 keV respectively). Concentration of (19.88 ± 0.43) % of Gd and (23.53 ± 0.82) % of Er were obtained in the Gd2O3-NP and Er2O3-NP samples, respectively. These results are useful and have been used to establish experimental conditions for NPs magnetization and irradiation in radiotherapy beams for dose enhancement factor determination.
A study on possible gamma ray interferences from 60mCo, 139Ba and 56Mn formed in the direct thermal neutron irradiation of LaBaCo2O6 e LaBaMn2O6 perovskites to produce 140La(140Ce) probe nuclei for PAC spectroscopy
2017 - BOSCH-SANTOS, B.; SAIKI, M.; NASCIMENTO, N.M.; SILVA, D.S.; SALES, T.S.N.; PEREIRA, L.F.D.; CARBONARI, A.W.
In this work, a method to introduce radioactive 140La nuclei with a half-life (t1/2) of 40.8 h, into samples of LaBaTM2O6 (TM = Mn, Co) double perovskites is described to carry out perturbed gamma-gamma angular correlation (PAC) spectroscopy measurements using 140La(140Ce) as probe nuclei. There are several methods to insert this probe nucleus in the samples and the present paper presents a new methodology to obtain the 140La(140Ce) in the compounds. These compounds were submitted to short irradiations with thermal neutrons in the rabbit station of IEA-R1 nuclear reactor of the IPEN/CNEN-SP. This method could be used because natural La is present in samples. Natural La contains the 139La isotope which, when irradiated with neutrons produces the 140La radioisotope, the parent radioisotope of 140Ce used for PAC measurements. However, other elements present in the compounds are also activated, in particular the isotopes 56Mn, 139Ba and 60mCo. In order to verify if these radioisotopes are presents in the PAC measurements, the gamma ray spectra of these irradiated samples can be measured at different decays times using a high resolution HPGe spectrometer. Samples were irradiated with thermal neutrons for 3 minutes. After short irradiation, the gamma ray spectra were acquired, one hour, 18 h, 24 h and 48 h after irradiation. The gamma ray energies of 328.8 keV and 487.0 keV of 140La (measured in the PAC spectroscopy) can be identified. Besides this, gamma-rays peaks of 56Mn (Eγ of 847.3 and 1812.9 keV and t1/2 of 2.57 h), 139Ba (Eγ of 166.04 keV and t1/2 of 84.63 min) and 60mCo (Eγ of 58.75 and 1333.30 keV and t1/2 of 10.47 min) are identified too. The results indicate that PAC measurements can be started after at least 48 h of decay time when there is in interference of other radioisotopes.