Magnetotransport of single crystalline YSb

Ghimire, N. J.; Botana, A. S.; Phelan, D.; Zheng, H.; Mitchell, J. F.

doi:10.1088/0953-8984/28/23/235601

Title: Magnetotransport of single crystalline YSb

Journal Article · Tue May 10 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Journal of Physics. Condensed Matter

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1088/0953-8984/28/23/235601· OSTI ID:1339627

Ghimire, N. J. ^[1]; Botana, A. S. ^[1]; Phelan, D. ^[1]; Zheng, H. ^[1]; Mitchell, J. F. ^[1]

Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Here, we report magnetic field dependent transport measurements on a single crystal of cubic YSb together with first principles calculations of its electronic structure. The transverse magnetoresistance does not saturate up to 9 T and attains a value of 75 000% at 1.8 K. The Hall coefficient is electron-like at high temperature, changes sign to hole-like between 110 and 50 K, and again becomes electron-like below 50 K. First principles calculations show that YSb is a compensated semimetal with a qualitatively similar electronic structure to that of isostructural LaSb and LaBi, but with larger Fermi surface volume. The measured electron carrier density and Hall mobility calculated at 1.8 K, based on a single band approximation, are $$6.5\times {{10}^{20}}$$ cm^–3 and $$6.2\times {{10}^{4}}$$ cm² Vs^–1, respectively. These values are comparable with those reported for LaBi and LaSb. Like LaBi and LaSb, YSb undergoes a magnetic field-induced metal-insulator-like transition below a characteristic temperature T _m, with resistivity saturation below 13 K. Thickness dependent electrical resistance measurements show a deviation of the resistance behavior from that expected for a normal metal; however, they do not unambiguously establish surface conduction as the mechanism for the resistivity plateau.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

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

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OSTI ID:: 1339627

Journal Information:: Journal of Physics. Condensed Matter, Vol. 28, Issue 23; ISSN 0953-8984

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