Continuously varying of critical exponents with the bismuth doped in the La0.8Na0.2Mn1-xBixO3 (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.06) manganites

Abstract A comprehensive analysis of the critical phenomena for the nominal compositions La 0.8 Na 0.2 Mn 1-x Bi x O 3 (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.06) was carried out. The critical exponents values were calculated by various techniques such as Modified Arrott plot (MAP), Kouvel Fisher (KF) method and critical isotherm (CI). Comparison of the experimental data with the above theoretical models showed that the critical exponents β, γ and δ for the undoped sample are quite well described by the tricritical mean-field model (TMF). Furthermore, the substitution of Mn by Bi ions led to the increase of γ which approached the 3D-Heisenberg model (γ = 1 325 and β took similar values to those predicted by the TMF model. The validity of the exponents values was confirmed with the scaling hypothesis; the M (T, e) curves collapse onto two independent universal branches below and above Tc.