Results of local spin-density approximation (LSDA) and LSDA+U calculations of the electronic structure and magnetic configurations of the 50% hole-doped pseudocubic perovskite La0.5Sr0.5MnO3 and double-layered LaSr2Mn2O7 are presented. We demonstrate that the on-site Coulomb correlation (U ) of Mn d electrons has a very different influence on the (i) band structures, (ii) magnetic ground states...

To the best of our knowledge this is the first report in which ruthenium doped polycrystalline lanthanum manganite, LaMn1-xRuxO3 (x = 0.0-0.4), having high efficacy for oxygen production from water without the use of any sacrificial reagent or co-catalyst and as an efficient photocatalyst for dye degradation is reported. Ruthenium doping alters the crystal structure of the parent LaMnO3 (LMO) d...

The hole-doped manganite La0.7Ca0.3MnO3 and the electron-doped manganite La0.7Ce0.3MnO3 undergo an insulator to metal transition at around 250 K, above which both behave as a polaronic semiconductor. We have successfully fabricated an epitaxial trilayer (La0.7Ca0.3MnO3/SrTiO3/La0.7Ce0.3MnO3), where SrTiO3 is an insulator. At room temperature, i.e. in the semiconducting regime, it exhibits asymm...

Gallium lanthanum sulphide based glasses are proposed as high quality hosts for rare-earth doped, mid-infrared fibre lasers, that would offer compact and rugged sources for gas sensing, atmospheric transmission, and medical applications. The infrared emission spectroscopy of erbium doped glasses and fibres shows the potential of this glass host for the above applications. Mid-infrared transitio...