Structural and Transport Properties of Orthorhombic GdMnO3

We report structural and transport properties of the polycrystalline orthorhombic GdMnO3 compound synthesized by using conventional solid state reaction method. The XRD pattern reveals the single phase formation of the reported compound in orthorhombic crystal structure with space group Pbnm (JCPDS: 25-0337). The temperature dependent resistivity study indicates the highly resistive nature of the compound especially in the low temperature region. The effect of low temperature magnetic ordering can be clearly understood from the resistivity versus temperature plot. The calculated activation energy by using Arrhenius equation fitting are found slightly lesser than the reported value which indicates the lesser dense nature of the prepared compound.