Antiferromagnetic Kondo lattice in the layered compound CePd 1 -x Bi 2 and comparison to the superconductor LaPd 1 -x Bi 2
Antiferromagnetic Kondo lattice in the layered compound CePd 1 -x Bi 2 and comparison to the superconductor LaPd 1 -x Bi 2
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层状化合物 CePd 1 -x Bi 2 中的反铁磁 Kondo 晶格及其与超导体 LaPd 1 -x Bi 2 的比较
DOI:
10.1103/physrevb.92.045112
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发表时间:
2015
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通讯作者:
M. Kanatzidis
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作者:
Fei Han;X. Wan;D. Phelan;C. Stoumpos;Mihai I. Sturza;C. Malliakas;Qing’an Li;T. Han;Qingbiao Zhao;D. Chung;M. Kanatzidis
The layered compound CePd1–xBi₂ with the tetragonal ZrCuSi₂-type structure was obtained from excess Bi flux. Magnetic susceptibility data of CePd1–xBi₂ show an antiferromagnetic ordering below 6 K and are anisotropic along the c axis and the ab plane. The anisotropy is attributed to crystal-electric-field (CEF) effects and a CEF model which is able to describe the susceptibility data is given. An enhanced Sommerfeld coefficient γ of 0.191 J mol Ce⁻¹ K⁻² obtained from specific-heat measurement suggests a moderate Kondo effect in CePd1–xBi₂. Other than the antiferromagnetic peak at 6 K, the resistivity curve shows a shoulderlike behavior around 75 K which could be attributed to the interplay between Kondo and CEF effects. Magnetoresistance and Hall-effect measurements suggest that the interplay reconstructs the Fermi-surface topology of CePd1–xBi₂ around 75 K. Electronic structure calculations reveal that the Pd vacancies are important to the magnetic structure and enhance the CEF effects which quench the orbital moment of Ce at low temperatures.