Synthesis and physical properties of the 10.6 K ferromagnet NdIr3

Górnicka, Karolina; Xie, Weiwei; Carnicom, Elizabeth M.; Cava, Robert J.; Klimczuk, Tomasz

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.99.104430

Synthesis and physical properties of the 10.6 K ferromagnet $NdIr3$

Journal Article · Tue Mar 26 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Physical Review B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.99.104430· OSTI ID:1595065

Górnicka, Karolina ^[1]; Xie, Weiwei ^[2]; Carnicom, Elizabeth M. ^[3]; Cava, Robert J. ^[3]; Klimczuk, Tomasz ^[4]

Univ. of Gdansk (Poland); Princeton University
Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA (United States)
Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)
Univ. of Gdansk (Poland)

The magnetic, transport, and thermodynamic properties of $$PuNi_3$$ are reported here. Its $$PuN_3$$-type crystal structure (space group $R-3m$), with lattice parameters $ a = 5.3262(1) Å$ and $$c = 26.2218(3) Å_1$$ was confirmed by powder x-ray diffraction. Our measurements indicate that $$NdIr_3$$ reflects a previously unreported paramagnetic to ferromagnetic phase transition below $$T_C = 10.6K$$ (determined by using the Arrott plot). The magnetic susceptibility obeys the Curie-Weiss law with an effective magnetic moment of $μ_{eff} = 3.63 (2) μ_{B} / Nd$ and a paramagnetic Curie temperature $θ_{P} = 5.4 (6) K$ . The heat-capacity anomaly at $T_{C}$ confirms a bulk nature of the transition, though $Δ C_{p} = 11.7 J mo l^{- 1} K^{- 1}$ is lower than expected for $J = 9/2$ and instead close to the $J = 1/2$ system. This indicates that Nd ions are subject to the crystalline electrical field that removes spin degeneracy and leaves the Nd ions in a doublet ground state. Resistivity and heat-capacity measurements reveal an anomaly at around 70 K. The origin of this anomaly is unknown, but the lack of thermal hysteresis suggests that it is a second-order phase transition and may be related to electronic instabilities. The calculated electronic structure is observed.

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Research Organization:: Princeton Univ., NJ (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22); Ministry of Science and Higher Education

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-98ER45706

OSTI ID:: 1595065

Journal Information:: Physical Review B, Journal Name: Physical Review B Journal Issue: 10 Vol. 99; ISSN 2469-9950; ISSN PRBMDO

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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