Corrigendum: Effects of sintering on the structural, micro structural and magnetic properties of nanoparticle manganite Ca1-xGdxMnO3 (x=0.05, 0.1, 0.15, 0.2) (vol 41, pg 14964, 2015)

Abstract

Nanocrystalline manganites Ca1−xGdxMnO3 (x=0.05, 0.1, 0.15, and 0.2) were synthesized by a modified glycine-nitrate procedure and subjected to a systematic investigation regarding the effects of calcination and sintering on their structural, microstructural and magnetic properties. Thermal treatments of the green bodies were carried out by the conventional sintering (CS) method and the effects were monitored by different experimental techniques (XRD, ICP, FTIR, SEM, and EDS). The obtained results showed that induced structural/microstructural changes were not simple functions of the dopant concentration x and that they were influenced by different material-specific processes. Magnetism of the final bulk powders have been investigated by SQUID-magnetometry and correlated with samples composition and structural/microstructural properties.