Coupled metal–insulator and magnetic transitions in LnSr2Mn2O7(Ln = La, Tb)
Abstract
We report magnetisation, conductivity and structural data on the Ruddlesden-Popper MnIII/MnIV oxides LnSr2Mn2O7(Ln = La, Tb); while LnSr2Mn2O7 undergoes an insulator-metal transition and an increase in spontaneous magnetisation at 132 K, the isostructural terbium compound is semiconducting and paramagnetic throughout the range 4.2 < T/K < 300.