STUDY OF ELECTRICAL TRANSPORT AND AC SUSCEPTIBILITY IN LaMn1-xCuxO3.

LaMn1-xCuxO3 compounds have been prepared in single phase form for x - 0 to 0.30. X-ray diffraction patterns recorded at room temperature could be mostly refined using Pbnm space group. Paramagnetic-to-ferromagnetic transitions have been observed up to x = 0.30, from ac susceptibility measurements. Metal-insulator transition in the vicinity of ferromagnetic transition temperature has been observed for x = 0.05 and the resistivity data in the metallic region could be explained in terms of electron-electron and electron-magnon scattering mechanisms. Further increase in Cu-doping beyond x = 0.05 leads to systematic decrease in ferromagnetic transition temperature and ultimately ferromagnetism is destroyed for x = 0.40. The resistivity data of all samples except x = 0.05 exhibit semiconducting behaviors and they could be mostly explained using the adiabatic small polaron hopping model. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]