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    Investigations into the controllable change of Curie temperature in silver doped lanthanum manganite nanoparticles
    (Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering, 2016-11-29) Westlake, M; Lerch, MLF; Konstantinov, K; Rule, KC; Yu, DH; Pan, AV; Cardillo, D; Horvat, J; Tehei, M
    Our team is focused on research into the design, production, characterisation and implementation of optimized nanostructured particles for principally the diagnosis (as CT and MRI contrast agents) and treatment of cancer (using radiation, oncothermia and hyperthermia modalities). One magnetic nanoparticle of current interest is Lanthanum Manganite (LaMnO3) and its silver doped counterpart (La1-xAgxMnO3). The high effective atomic number and magnetic moment of LaMnO3 [1] makes this material appropriate for the basis of an MRI and CT contrast agent and enhancing radiation therapies. In addition La1-xAgxMnO3 is also considered as a good candidate for hyperthermia cancer therapy [2].For the characterization of our samples we used XRD, PPMS, SEM, EDS and SEM. We observed that the Curie temperature increased with the increase of the silver doping concentration in the nanoparticles. This has led to an investigation into the mechanism behind this change. The spin-phonon interaction was considered to represent one potential mechanism and Time of Flight measurements where conducted on PELICAN at ANSTO. A lack of phonon evolution was seen within the temperature range of 1.5K - 300K. In order to access phonon density of states over a broader range of energies, we are then planning to use the Beryllium filter on TAIPAN and scan through a wide energy range while measuring scattered neutron over a vastly increased solid angle. The following poster will focus on the characterizations of our samples, our first experiments on PELICAN and our future planed experiments in the aim to better understand the mechanism that provokes the change of Curie temperature upon silver doping.