Robust tunability of magnetoresistance in half-Heusler ( , Dy, Tm, and Lu) compounds
Abstract
We present the magnetic field dependencies of transport properties for RPtBi (R = Gd, Dy, Tm, and Lu) half-Heusler compounds. Temperature- and field-dependent resistivity measurements of high-quality RPtBi single crystals reveal an unusually large, nonsaturating magnetoresistance (MR) up to 300 K under a moderate magnetic field of H = 140 kOe. At 300 K, the large MR effect decreases as the rare earth is traversed from Gd to Lu and the magnetic field dependence of MR shows a deviation from the conventional H2 behavior. The Hall coefficient (RH) for R = Gd indicates a sign change around 120 K, whereas RH curves for R = Dy, Tm, and Lu remain positive for all measured temperatures. At 300 K, the Hall resistivity reveals a deviation from the linear field dependence for all compounds. Thermoelectric power measurements on this family show strong temperature and magnetic field dependencies which are consistent with resistivity measurements. A highly enhanced thermoelectric power under applied magnetic field is observed as high as ~100 μV/K at 140 kOe. Furthermore, analysis of the transport data in this series reveals that the rare-earth-based half-Heusler compounds provide opportunities to tune MR effect through lanthanide contraction and to elucidate the mechanism ofmore »
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- Ames Lab. and Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States); Simon Fraser Univ., Burnaby, BC (Canada)
- Ames Lab. and Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)
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- Research Org.:
- Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1349903
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1242844
- Report Number(s):
- IS-J-8987
Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9950; PRBMDO
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-07CH11358
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review B
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 93; Journal Issue: 11; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9950
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY
Citation Formats
Mun, Eundeok, Bud'ko, Sergey L., and Canfield, Paul C. Robust tunability of magnetoresistance in half-Heusler RPtBi (R=Gd, Dy, Tm, and Lu) compounds. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.93.115134.
Mun, Eundeok, Bud'ko, Sergey L., & Canfield, Paul C. Robust tunability of magnetoresistance in half-Heusler RPtBi (R=Gd, Dy, Tm, and Lu) compounds. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.93.115134
Mun, Eundeok, Bud'ko, Sergey L., and Canfield, Paul C. Tue .
"Robust tunability of magnetoresistance in half-Heusler RPtBi (R=Gd, Dy, Tm, and Lu) compounds". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.93.115134. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1349903.
@article{osti_1349903,
title = {Robust tunability of magnetoresistance in half-Heusler RPtBi (R=Gd, Dy, Tm, and Lu) compounds},
author = {Mun, Eundeok and Bud'ko, Sergey L. and Canfield, Paul C.},
abstractNote = {We present the magnetic field dependencies of transport properties for RPtBi (R = Gd, Dy, Tm, and Lu) half-Heusler compounds. Temperature- and field-dependent resistivity measurements of high-quality RPtBi single crystals reveal an unusually large, nonsaturating magnetoresistance (MR) up to 300 K under a moderate magnetic field of H = 140 kOe. At 300 K, the large MR effect decreases as the rare earth is traversed from Gd to Lu and the magnetic field dependence of MR shows a deviation from the conventional H2 behavior. The Hall coefficient (RH) for R = Gd indicates a sign change around 120 K, whereas RH curves for R = Dy, Tm, and Lu remain positive for all measured temperatures. At 300 K, the Hall resistivity reveals a deviation from the linear field dependence for all compounds. Thermoelectric power measurements on this family show strong temperature and magnetic field dependencies which are consistent with resistivity measurements. A highly enhanced thermoelectric power under applied magnetic field is observed as high as ~100 μV/K at 140 kOe. Furthermore, analysis of the transport data in this series reveals that the rare-earth-based half-Heusler compounds provide opportunities to tune MR effect through lanthanide contraction and to elucidate the mechanism of nontrivial MR.},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.93.115134},
journal = {Physical Review B},
number = 11,
volume = 93,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Mar 15 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Tue Mar 15 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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