Anisotropic Transport and Magnetic Properties of Charge-Density-Wave Materials RSeTe2 （R= La, Ce, Pr, Nd）

Single crystals of RSeTe2 （R =La, Ce, Pr, Nd） are synthesized using LiC1/RbCI flux. Transport and magnetic properties in the directions parallel and perpendicular to the a-c plane are investigated. We find that the resistivity anisotropy P⊥/P∥ lies in the range 486-615 for different compounds at 2K,...

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Published in中国物理快报：英文版 no. 8; pp. 127 - 131
Main Author 王培培 龙雨佳 赵凌霄 陈栋 薛面起 陈根富
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 2015
Subjects
材料
电荷密度波
电阻率各向异性
电阻率异常
输运性质
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ISSN0256-307X
1741-3540

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Summary:Single crystals of RSeTe2 （R =La, Ce, Pr, Nd） are synthesized using LiC1/RbCI flux. Transport and magnetic properties in the directions parallel and perpendicular to the a-c plane are investigated. We find that the resistivity anisotropy P⊥/P∥ lies in the range 486-615 for different compounds at 2K, indicating the highly two-dimensional character. In both the orientations, the charge-density-wave transitions start near Tcow = 284（3）K, 316（3）K, 359（3）K for NdSeTe2, PrSeTe2, CeSeTe2, respectively, with a considerable increase in dc resistivity. While for LaSeTe2, no obvious resistivity anomaly is observed up to 380K. The value of TCDW increases monotonically with the increasing lattice parameters. Below TCDW, slight anomalies can be observed in NdSeTe2, PrSeTe2 and CeSeTe2 with onset temperature at 193（3）K, 161（3）K, 108（3）K, respectively, decreasing as lattice parameters increase. Magnetic susceptibility measurements show that the valence state of rare earth ions are trivalenee in these compounds. Antiferromagnetie-type magnetic order is formed in CeSeTe2 at 2.1 K, while no magnetic transition is observed in PrSeTe2 and NdSeTe2 down to 1.8 K.
Bibliography:WANG Pei-Pei, LONG Yu-Jia, ZHAO Ling-Xiao, CHEN Dong, XUE Mian-Qi, CHEN Gen-Fu（ 1 Institute of Physics, and Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190 2Department of Physics, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872 3 Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing 100190）
Single crystals of RSeTe2 （R =La, Ce, Pr, Nd） are synthesized using LiC1/RbCI flux. Transport and magnetic properties in the directions parallel and perpendicular to the a-c plane are investigated. We find that the resistivity anisotropy P⊥/P∥ lies in the range 486-615 for different compounds at 2K, indicating the highly two-dimensional character. In both the orientations, the charge-density-wave transitions start near Tcow = 284（3）K, 316（3）K, 359（3）K for NdSeTe2, PrSeTe2, CeSeTe2, respectively, with a considerable increase in dc resistivity. While for LaSeTe2, no obvious resistivity anomaly is observed up to 380K. The value of TCDW increases monotonically with the increasing lattice parameters. Below TCDW, slight anomalies can be observed in NdSeTe2, PrSeTe2 and CeSeTe2 with onset temperature at 193（3）K, 161（3）K, 108（3）K, respectively, decreasing as lattice parameters increase. Magnetic susceptibility measurements show that the valence state of rare earth ions are trivalenee in these compounds. Antiferromagnetie-type magnetic order is formed in CeSeTe2 at 2.1 K, while no magnetic transition is observed in PrSeTe2 and NdSeTe2 down to 1.8 K.
11-1959/O4
ISSN:0256-307X
1741-3540