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Jul, 2004

Single crystal growth of large-size and high-quality NpCoGa5 and its electrical and magnetic properties

JOURNAL OF THE PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN
  • D Aoki
  • ,
  • Y Homma
  • ,
  • Y Shiokawa
  • ,
  • E Yamamoto
  • ,
  • A Nakamura
  • ,
  • Y Haga
  • ,
  • R Settai
  • ,
  • T Takeuchi
  • ,
  • Y Onuki

Volume
73
Number
7
First page
1665
Last page
1668
Language
English
Publishing type
Research paper (scientific journal)
DOI
10.1143/JPSJ.73.1665
Publisher
PHYSICAL SOC JAPAN

We succeeded in growing a high-quality NpCoGa5 single crystal by the Ga-flux method and measured its electrical resistivity, specific heat, magnetic susceptibility and magnetization. NpCoGa5 is an antiferromagnet with a Neel temperature of 47 K. The magnetic moment of Np is directed along the [001] direction of a tetragonal crystal structure. A sharp metamagnetic transition was observed at H-m = 43 kOe for H || [001], where the antiferromagnetic state is changed to the paramagnetic state above H-m. The ordered moment was determined to be 0.74 mu(B)/Np. The magnetic properties were discussed on the basis of the crystalline electric field scheme of the 5f(4) configuration.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1143/JPSJ.73.1665
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https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000222755800015&DestApp=WOS_CPL
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  • DOI : 10.1143/JPSJ.73.1665
  • ISSN : 0031-9015
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000222755800015

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