Comparative studies of magnetocaloric effect and magnetotransport behavior in GdRu2Si2 compound
Comparative studies of magnetocaloric effect and magnetotransport behavior in GdRu2Si2 compound
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DOI:
10.1063/1.3043558
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发表时间:
2008-12-15
影响因子:
3.2
通讯作者:
Banerjee, S.
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作者:
Samanta, Tapas;Das, I.;Banerjee, S.
Studies on magnetocaloric effect (change in magnetic entropy Delta S) and magnetotransport (difference in resistivity due to magnetic field Delta rho) have been performed on polycrystalline GdRu2Si2. Due to the presence of several field-induced metamagnetic transitions and superzone energy gap effect below the antiferromagnetic transition temperature (similar to 45 K), the system exhibits complex magnetotransport behavior. Such a complicated magnetotransport behavior has been analyzed by the comparative studies on Delta rho and Delta S. The anomalous regions of Delta rho, where it is not dominated by the change in the orientation of magnetic moments, have been highlighted by showing the difference in the variation in Delta S and Delta rho. The origin of similar and dissimilar behaviors of Delta S and Delta rho at different regions of temperature and magnetic field has been discussed. The comparative study of Delta S and Delta rho indicates that it is a powerful technique to understand the complex magnetotransport behavior of the magnetic materials. Interestingly, the intricate magnetic phase diagram of GdRu2Si2 generated by taking magnetization, magnetotransport, or magnetocaloric data appeared to be identical, indicating the usefulness of these physical quantities to generate magnetic phase diagram.