Abstract
The CuCr1-xMxO2 (M=Mn, Rh) polycrystalline powders were synthesized by the direct solid state reaction of Cu2O and M2O3 (M=trivalent cation or mixer of trivalent cation for transition metal). The magnetic susceptibility was measured in the temperature range of 0-300 K. It was found that the magnetic susceptibility (chi) increases rapidly with the doping of Cr3+ by Mn3+ and Rh3+ ions with existence of paramagnetic substance at low temperature. With the substitution of magnetic Mn3+ and Rh3+ for Cr3+ (S=3/2), the antiferromagnetic (AF) transition becomes broader and the transition temperature increases. However, at low temperature, the magnetic data for CuCr1-xMxO2 (M=Mn, Rh) show evidence for weak ferromagnetic (FM) transition between 100 K and 130 K. Clear hysteresis loops indicate that FM order exists in both of them Mn or Rh-doped samples at 4 K All samples behave like semiconductors. The ferromagnetism properties can be attributed to the double exchange interaction between the Mn3+ or Rh3+ and Cr3+ semiconductors compounds. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved