Magnetic and electrical properties of flux grown single crystals of Ln 6M 4Al 43 (Ln=Gd, Yb; M=Cr, Mo, W)
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2013
Abstract
Millimeter-sized single crystals of Ln 6M 4Al 43 (Ln=Gd, Yb; M=Cr, Mo, W) were successfully grown with a molten aluminum flux. Synthetic conditions and physical properties for single crystals of all six analogs are discussed. The compounds exhibit metallic resistivity with room temperature values between 0.1 and 0.6 mΩ-cm. The Yb analogs are Pauli paramagnets with the Yb ion adopting the nonmagnetic divalent configuration (Yb 2). Gd 6Cr 4Al 43, Gd 6Mo 4Al 43, and Gd 6W 4Al 43 appear to order antiferromagnetically at 19, 15, and 15 K, respectively. © 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
Publication Source (Journal or Book title)
Journal of Solid State Chemistry
First Page
523
Last Page
531
Recommended Citation
Kangas, M., Treadwell, L., Haldolaarachchige, N., McAlpin, J., Young, D., & Chan, J. (2013). Magnetic and electrical properties of flux grown single crystals of Ln 6M 4Al 43 (Ln=Gd, Yb; M=Cr, Mo, W). Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 197, 523-531. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jssc.2012.08.022