Discovery of ferromagnetism with large magnetic anisotropy in ZrMnP and HfMnP

Lamichhane, Tej N.; Taufour, Valentin; Masters, Morgan W.; Parker, David S.; Kaluarachchi, Udhara S.; Thimmaiah, Srinivasa; Bud'ko, Sergey L.; Canfield, Paul C.

doi:10.1063/1.4961933

Title: Discovery of ferromagnetism with large magnetic anisotropy in ZrMnP and HfMnP

Journal Article · Mon Aug 29 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Applied Physics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4961933· OSTI ID:1349649

^[1]; Taufour, Valentin ^[1]; Masters, Morgan W. ^[2]; Parker, David S. ^[3]; Kaluarachchi, Udhara S. ^[1]; Thimmaiah, Srinivasa ^[1]; Bud'ko, Sergey L. ^[1]; Canfield, Paul C. ^[1]

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

Here, ZrMnP and HfMnP single crystals are grown by a self-flux growth technique, and structural as well as temperature dependent magnetic and transport properties are studied. Both compounds have an orthorhombic crystal structure. ZrMnP and HfMnP are ferromagnetic with Curie temperatures around 370 K and 320 K, respectively. The spontaneous magnetizations of ZrMnP and HfMnP are determined to be 1.9 μ_B/f.u. and 2.1 μ_B/f.u., respectively, at 50 K. The magnetocaloric effect of ZrMnP in terms of entropy change (ΔS) is estimated to be –6.7 kJ m^–3 K^–1 around 369 K. The easy axis of magnetization is [100] for both compounds, with a small anisotropy relative to the [010] axis. At 50 K, the anisotropy field along the [001] axis is ~4.6 T for ZrMnP and ~10 T for HfMnP. Such large magnetic anisotropy is remarkable considering the absence of rare-earth elements in these compounds. The first principle calculation correctly predicts the magnetization and hard axis orientation for both compounds, and predicts the experimental HfMnP anisotropy field within 25%. More importantly, our calculations suggest that the large magnetic anisotropy comes primarily from the Mn atoms, suggesting that similarly large anisotropies may be found in other 3d transition metal compounds.

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Research Organization:: Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-07CH11358

OSTI ID:: 1349649

Report Number(s):: IS-J-9246; TRN: US1701684

Journal Information:: Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 109, Issue 9; ISSN 0003-6951

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