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Optical and Low-Temperature Magnetocaloric Properties of HoCr0.5Mn0.5O3 Compound

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The optical, magnetic and magnetocaloric properties of HoCr0.5Mn0.5O3 compound have been investigated thoroughly. A multicolour photoluminescence emission was found with the excitation of 294 nm wavelength. The Néel transition temperature was observed around 66 K along with an anomaly ~ 12 K. From the Arrott’s plots, fitting a second-order magnetic phase transition was confirmed near 12 K. The magnetic entropy change −∆S was 8.6 J kg−1 K−1 at 12 K under 5-T magnetic field, which is higher than that reported for HoCrO3 ceramic and comparable to HoMnO3 single crystal. The relative cooling power (RCP) value was 317 J/kg. The higher ‘RCP’ along with significant −∆S and a second-order magnetic transition makes our compound a potential candidate for magnetic refrigeration in the cryogenic temperature range besides a room temperature phosphor material.

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The authors are grateful to the Materials Research Centre, MNIT Jaipur (India) for the use of Raman and FTIR facility. The authors thank Mr. Ankur Shandilya for the photoluminescence measurement at the University Science Instrumentation Center (USIC), University of Delhi, Delhi (India).

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Dr. Neeraj Panwar would like to thank DST SERB, New Delhi, UGC DAE CSR Mumbai and IUAC New Delhi for the grants through Projects ECR/2017/002681, CRS-M-298 and UFR-62317, respectively.

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  1. Department of Physics, Central University of Rajasthan Bandarsindri, Ajmer, 305817, Rajasthan, India

    Komal Kanwar, Sandeep Kumar & Neeraj Panwar

  2. Materials Science and Technology Division, CSIR-National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology, Industrial Estate, Trivandrum, 695 019, India

    M. Vasundhara

  3. Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research (AcSIR), CSIR-Human Resource Development Centre, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh, India

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  4. Integrated Approach for Design and Product Development Division, CSIR-Advanced Materials and Processes Research Institute, Habibganj Naka, Hoshangabad Road, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, 462026, India

    Pradip Kumar

  5. UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, Mumbai Centre, BARC, Mumbai, Maharashtra, 400085, India

    S. D. Kaushik

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Kanwar, K., Vasundhara, M., Kumar, S. et al. Optical and Low-Temperature Magnetocaloric Properties of HoCr0.5Mn0.5O3 Compound. J Supercond Nov Magn 35, 625–633 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10948-021-06106-3

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