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Title: Weak ferromagnetism of Cu x Fe 1 + y As and its evolution with Co doping

Abstract

We have investigated electronic and magnetic properties of iron pnictide CuxFe1+yAs, which is isostructural to iron pnictide superconductors LiFeAs and NaFeAs, using polycrystalline and single crystal samples. Here, we found that CuxFe1+yAs is characterized by strong electron correlations and shows weak ferromagnetic behavior with the Curie temperature Tc ~ 42 K, in contrast with the superconductivity in LiFeAs and NaFeAs. Its electronic transport properties exhibit quasi-two-dimensional characteristics: while the in-plane resistivity follows quadratic temperature dependence for T < 10K, the c-axis resistivity shows nonmetal-to-metal crossover near 20 K. In addition, we have studied Co doping effect on CuxFe1+yAs and found that Co doping enhances the ferromagnetism with Tc increasing up to 83 K for CuxFe0.5Co0.5As. From these results, we discussed the origin of the ferromagnetism of CuxFe1+yAs and its relevance with the magnetism of iron pnictide superconductor parent compounds.

Authors:
 [1];  [2];  [2];  [3];  [3];  [3];  [3];  [4];  [4];  [5];  [4];  [2]
  1. Changshu Institute of Technology (China); Tulane University, New Orleans, LA (United States)
  2. Tulane University, New Orleans, LA (United States)
  3. Changshu Institute of Technology (China)
  4. Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI (United States)
  5. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Louisiana State Univ., Baton Rouge, LA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1670464
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1180407
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0012432
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 91; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 1098-0121
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY

Citation Formats

Qian, Bin, Hu, Jin, Liu, Jinyu, Han, Zhida, Zhang, Ping, Guo, Lei, Jiang, Xuefan, Zou, T., Zhu, M., Dela Cruz, C. R., Ke, X., and Mao, Z. Q. Weak ferromagnetism of Cu x Fe 1 + y As and its evolution with Co doping. United States: N. p., 2015. Web. doi:10.1103/physrevb.91.014504.
Qian, Bin, Hu, Jin, Liu, Jinyu, Han, Zhida, Zhang, Ping, Guo, Lei, Jiang, Xuefan, Zou, T., Zhu, M., Dela Cruz, C. R., Ke, X., & Mao, Z. Q. Weak ferromagnetism of Cu x Fe 1 + y As and its evolution with Co doping. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.91.014504
Qian, Bin, Hu, Jin, Liu, Jinyu, Han, Zhida, Zhang, Ping, Guo, Lei, Jiang, Xuefan, Zou, T., Zhu, M., Dela Cruz, C. R., Ke, X., and Mao, Z. Q. Mon . "Weak ferromagnetism of Cu x Fe 1 + y As and its evolution with Co doping". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.91.014504. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1670464.
@article{osti_1670464,
title = {Weak ferromagnetism of Cu x Fe 1 + y As and its evolution with Co doping},
author = {Qian, Bin and Hu, Jin and Liu, Jinyu and Han, Zhida and Zhang, Ping and Guo, Lei and Jiang, Xuefan and Zou, T. and Zhu, M. and Dela Cruz, C. R. and Ke, X. and Mao, Z. Q.},
abstractNote = {We have investigated electronic and magnetic properties of iron pnictide CuxFe1+yAs, which is isostructural to iron pnictide superconductors LiFeAs and NaFeAs, using polycrystalline and single crystal samples. Here, we found that CuxFe1+yAs is characterized by strong electron correlations and shows weak ferromagnetic behavior with the Curie temperature Tc ~ 42 K, in contrast with the superconductivity in LiFeAs and NaFeAs. Its electronic transport properties exhibit quasi-two-dimensional characteristics: while the in-plane resistivity follows quadratic temperature dependence for T < 10K, the c-axis resistivity shows nonmetal-to-metal crossover near 20 K. In addition, we have studied Co doping effect on CuxFe1+yAs and found that Co doping enhances the ferromagnetism with Tc increasing up to 83 K for CuxFe0.5Co0.5As. From these results, we discussed the origin of the ferromagnetism of CuxFe1+yAs and its relevance with the magnetism of iron pnictide superconductor parent compounds.},
doi = {10.1103/physrevb.91.014504},
journal = {Physical Review. B, Condensed Matter and Materials Physics},
number = 1,
volume = 91,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jan 12 00:00:00 EST 2015},
month = {Mon Jan 12 00:00:00 EST 2015}
}

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