Magnetic polaron conductivity in FeCr2S4 with the colossal magnetoresistance effect
Magnetic polaron conductivity in FeCr2S4 with the colossal magnetoresistance effect
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DOI:
10.1103/physrevb.62.13872
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发表时间:
2000-12
影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
Zhaorong Yang;S. Tan;Z. Chen;Yuheng Zhang
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作者:
Zhaorong Yang;S. Tan;Z. Chen;Yuheng Zhang
The magnetic and electrical transport properties of the colossal magnetoresistance material FeCr2S4 are studied. Low-temperature thermoelectric power and resistivity measurements indicate that magnetic polarons dominate the conduction behavior at temperatures above T-c(onset). The temperature dependence of the susceptibility chi, measured from 4.2 to 400 K, suggests that FeCr2S4 is ferrimagnetic. Then the micromagnetism of FeCr2S4 is further investigated by electron-spin-resonance measurements from 100 to 290 K, which reveal that the paramagnetic-ferromagnetic transition is incomplete and that a paramagnetic phase coexists with a ferrimagnetic phase in a certain temperature range below T-c(onset). Accompanying the paramagnetic-ferrimagnetic phase transition, magnetic polarons may delocalize gradually into the naked carriers. The resistivity in the presented temperature range can be described in terms of the two-fluid model concerning the coexistence of magnetic polarons and naked carriers.