Evolution of Ferromagnetism and Electrical Resistivity in Sb-Doped Cr4PtGa17

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Auteurs principaux: Wang, Chaoguo, Angelo, Gina, Philbrick, Jeremy G., Kong, Tai, Gui, Xin
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author Wang, Chaoguo
Angelo, Gina
Philbrick, Jeremy G.
Kong, Tai
Gui, Xin
author_facet Wang, Chaoguo
Angelo, Gina
Philbrick, Jeremy G.
Kong, Tai
Gui, Xin
contents We describe the doping effects on a metallic breathing pyrochlore compound, Cr4PtGa17. Upon doping with Sb, i.e., Cr4Pt(Ga1-xSbx)17, it was found that a selective doping on one of the seven Ga sites occurs. With increasing dopant level, the ferromagnetism in the parent compound is gradually suppressed, along with a decrease in fitted Curie-Weiss temperature (from 61 (1) K to -1.8 (1) K) and effective moment (from ~2.26 muB/f.u. to ~0.68 muB/f.u.). Low-temperature heat capacity measurements confirm the absence of magnetic ordering above 0.4 K for the three most doped samples. Meanwhile, electrical resistivity measurements display a metal-semiconductor transition with increasing Sb contents, which is attributed to an increase of Fermi energy based on the calculations of electronic band structure and density of states. Moreover, we have speculated that the ferromagnetism in Cr4PtGa17 is governed by itinerant electrons according to our observations. This study of Sb-doping effect on Cr4PtGa17 provides deeper understanding of magnetism of this system and possibilities for future modifications.
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spellingShingle Evolution of Ferromagnetism and Electrical Resistivity in Sb-Doped Cr4PtGa17
Wang, Chaoguo
Angelo, Gina
Philbrick, Jeremy G.
Kong, Tai
Gui, Xin
Materials Science
We describe the doping effects on a metallic breathing pyrochlore compound, Cr4PtGa17. Upon doping with Sb, i.e., Cr4Pt(Ga1-xSbx)17, it was found that a selective doping on one of the seven Ga sites occurs. With increasing dopant level, the ferromagnetism in the parent compound is gradually suppressed, along with a decrease in fitted Curie-Weiss temperature (from 61 (1) K to -1.8 (1) K) and effective moment (from ~2.26 muB/f.u. to ~0.68 muB/f.u.). Low-temperature heat capacity measurements confirm the absence of magnetic ordering above 0.4 K for the three most doped samples. Meanwhile, electrical resistivity measurements display a metal-semiconductor transition with increasing Sb contents, which is attributed to an increase of Fermi energy based on the calculations of electronic band structure and density of states. Moreover, we have speculated that the ferromagnetism in Cr4PtGa17 is governed by itinerant electrons according to our observations. This study of Sb-doping effect on Cr4PtGa17 provides deeper understanding of magnetism of this system and possibilities for future modifications.
title Evolution of Ferromagnetism and Electrical Resistivity in Sb-Doped Cr4PtGa17
topic Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.12078