In:
Journal of Applied Physics, AIP Publishing, Vol. 126, No. 12 ( 2019-09-28)
Abstract:
The magnetic and electrical transport properties of Tb4PtAl, crystallizing in the Gd4RhIn-type cubic crystal structure characterized by three sites for the rare-earth, are reported by the measurements of magnetization, heat-capacity, and electrical resistivity (1.8–300 K). In comparison with the Gd analog, which has been shown to exhibit a complex magnetism with antiferromagnetism (TN = 64 K) entering into a spin-glass phase below 20 K, the spin-glass phase coexists at the onset of the antiferromagnetic order at 50 K in the Tb compound; additional spin-glass anomalies around 8 and 25 K are also found. Interestingly, the plot of electrical resistivity vs temperature develops a minimum in the presence of an external magnetic field above 50 K, and this transport behavior, unusual among rare-earth intermetallics, is presumably due to the gradual growth of short-range antiferromagnetic clusters as the long-range magnetic order develops.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0021-8979
,
1089-7550
Language:
English
Publisher:
AIP Publishing
Publication Date:
2019
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220641-9
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3112-4
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1476463-5
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