Magnetic properties of single crystalline itinerant ferromagnet AlFe2B2

Lamichhane, Tej N.; Xiang, Li; Lin, Qisheng; Pandey, Tribhuwan; Parker, David S.; Kim, Tae -Hoon; Zhou, Lin; Kramer, Matthew J.; Bud'ko, Sergey L.; Canfield, Paul C.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.084408

Title: Magnetic properties of single crystalline itinerant ferromagnet ${AlFe}_{2} B_{2}$

Journal Article · 20 August 2018 · Physical Review Materials

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.2.084408 · OSTI ID:1471218

Lamichhane, Tej N. ^[1]; Xiang, Li ^[1]; Lin, Qisheng ^[2]; Pandey, Tribhuwan ^[3]; Parker, David S. ^[3]; Kim, Tae -Hoon ^[2]; Zhou, Lin ^[2]; Kramer, Matthew J. ^[2]; Bud'ko, Sergey L. ^[1]; Canfield, Paul C. ^[1]

Ames Lab. and Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)
Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Here, single crystals of AlFe₂B₂ have been grown using the self-flux growth method, and then we measured the structural properties, temperature- and field-dependent magnetization, and temperature-dependent electrical resistivity at ambient as well as high pressure. The Curie temperature of AlFe₂B₂ is determined to be 274 K. The measured saturation magnetization and the effective moment for the paramagnetic Fe ion indicate the itinerant nature of the magnetism with a Rhode-Wohlfarth ratio M_C/M_sat ≈ 1.14. Temperature-dependent resistivity measurements under hydrostatic pressure show that transition temperature T_C is suppressed down to 255 K for p = 2.24 GPa pressure with a suppression rate of ~–8.9 K/GPa. The anisotropy fields and magnetocrystalline anisotropy constants are in reasonable agreement with density functional theory calculations.

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Research Organization:: Ames Laboratory (AMES), Ames, IA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-07CH11358

OSTI ID:: 1471218

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1465227

Report Number(s):: IS-J-9709; PRMHAR

Journal Information:: Physical Review Materials, Vol. 2, Issue 8; ISSN 2475-9953

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