Weak Itinerant Ferromagnetism (WIFM) in MAX phase compound Cr$_{1.9}$Fe$_{0.1}$GeC
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| author | Mondal, Suman Numan, Mohamad Kummer, Kurt Masahiro, Sawada Majumdar, Subham |
| author_facet | Mondal, Suman Numan, Mohamad Kummer, Kurt Masahiro, Sawada Majumdar, Subham |
| contents | Magnetic MAX phase compounds are important materials for studying the two-dimensional magnetism because of their layered crystallographic structure. The hexagonal MAX phase compound Cr$_2$GeC is a Pauli paramagnet, and here we report the induction of an ordered magnetic state by doping Fe at the Cr site. Induced magnetism for small doping concentrations (indicated as 5% and 2.5%) is found to have a weak itinerant ferromagnetic character. The Rhodes-Wolhfarth ratio is found to be 13.29, while the coefficient of electronic heat capacity ($Γ$) is 27 mJ-mol$^{-1}$K$^{-2}$ for Cr$_{1.9}$Fe$_{0.1}$GeC. Our x-ray magnetic circular dichorism measurement confirms that the magnetic moment arises from the Fe atom only, and Cr has negligible contribution towards the ordered moment. Our critical analysis indicates that the magnetic phase transition in Cr$_{1.9}$Fe$_{0.1}$GeC follows mean field theory. |
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| spellingShingle | Weak Itinerant Ferromagnetism (WIFM) in MAX phase compound Cr$_{1.9}$Fe$_{0.1}$GeC Mondal, Suman Numan, Mohamad Kummer, Kurt Masahiro, Sawada Majumdar, Subham Strongly Correlated Electrons Magnetic MAX phase compounds are important materials for studying the two-dimensional magnetism because of their layered crystallographic structure. The hexagonal MAX phase compound Cr$_2$GeC is a Pauli paramagnet, and here we report the induction of an ordered magnetic state by doping Fe at the Cr site. Induced magnetism for small doping concentrations (indicated as 5% and 2.5%) is found to have a weak itinerant ferromagnetic character. The Rhodes-Wolhfarth ratio is found to be 13.29, while the coefficient of electronic heat capacity ($Γ$) is 27 mJ-mol$^{-1}$K$^{-2}$ for Cr$_{1.9}$Fe$_{0.1}$GeC. Our x-ray magnetic circular dichorism measurement confirms that the magnetic moment arises from the Fe atom only, and Cr has negligible contribution towards the ordered moment. Our critical analysis indicates that the magnetic phase transition in Cr$_{1.9}$Fe$_{0.1}$GeC follows mean field theory. |
| title | Weak Itinerant Ferromagnetism (WIFM) in MAX phase compound Cr$_{1.9}$Fe$_{0.1}$GeC |
| topic | Strongly Correlated Electrons |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.02378 |