Critical behavior and magnetocaloric effect in Mn3Si2Te6

Liu, Yu; Petrovic, C.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.98.064423

Critical behavior and magnetocaloric effect in ${Mn}_{3} {Si}_{2} {Te}_{6}$

Journal Article · Mon Aug 27 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Physical Review B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.98.064423· OSTI ID:1476290

^[1]; Petrovic, C. ^[1]

Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). Condensed Matter Physics and Materials Science Dept.

Here, the critical properties and magnetocaloric effect of semiconducting ferrimagnet Mn₃Si₂Te₆ single crystals have been investigated by bulk magnetization and heat capacity around T_c. Critical exponents β = 0.41 ± 0.01 with a critical temperature T_c = 74.18 ± 0.08 K and γ = 1.21 ± 0.02 with T_c = 74.35 ± 0.05 K are deduced by the Kouvel-Fisher plot, whereas δ = 4.29 ± 0.05 (3.40 ± 0.02) is obtained by a critical isotherm analysis at T = 74(75)K. The magnetic exchange distance is found to decay as J (r) ≈ r^-4.79, which lies between the mean-field and 3D Heisenberg models. Moreover, the magnetic entropy change -ΔS_M features a maximum at T_c, i.e., -ΔS$$max\atop{M}$$ ~ 2.53 (1.67) J kg^-1 K^-1 with in-plane (out-of-plane) field change of 5 T, confirming large magnetic anisotropy. The heat capacity measurement further gives -ΔS$$max\atop{M}$$ ~ 2.94 J kg^-1 K^-1 and the corresponding adiabatic temperature change ΔT_ad ~ 1.14 K with out-of-plane field change of 9 T.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704

OSTI ID:: 1476290

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1466855

Report Number(s):: BNL--209124-2018-JAAM

Journal Information:: Physical Review B, Journal Name: Physical Review B Journal Issue: 6 Vol. 98; ISSN 2469-9950; ISSN PRBMDO

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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