139La nuclear magnetic resonance characterisation of La2O3 and La1-xSrxMO3 where M = Cr, Mn or Co.

139La Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra have been used to obtain nuclear quadrupole coupling parameters for La2O3 and a series of perovskites La1-xSrxMO3 (where M = Cr, Mn or Co). Depending on the doping level of SrO2 these materials are either paramagnetic or ferromagnetic at room temperature. Magnetic transferred hyperfine effects are strongly in evidence in the Mn compounds. A 59Co NMR spectrum was observed in LaCoO3. A precision measurement of the nuclear quadrupole coupling constant in La2O3 was made by nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR) spectroscopy.