| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 76, Number 3, November 2006
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 471 - 476 | |
| Section | Condensed matter: electronic structure, electrical, magnetic, and optical properties | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i2006-10290-6 | |
| Published online | 07 October 2006 | |
Large magnetoresistance in intermetallic compounds 
(
= 
, 
and 
)
1
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research - Mumbai 400 005 India
2
Department of Chemistry, Moscow State University Moscow, GSP-2, 119992, Russia
3
School of Materials Science, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology - Ishikawa 923-1292, Japan
Corresponding author: skm@tifr.res.in
Received:
12
August
2006
Accepted:
12
September
2006
Magnetization (M) and magnetoresistance (MR) measurements on polycrystalline ( = , and ) compounds (tetragonal, space group 
) have been carried out in the temperature range of 2
–300, in various applied fields. Both, the rare earth and Mn, are found to carry magnetic moments in these compounds. Mn has two sub-lattices (Mn1 and Mn2) that order magnetically at two different temperatures. Rare-earth and Mn1 moments order ferromagnetically at 
whereas Mn2 is found to magnetically order at 
(
, 86, 78 and 
, 34, 16 for R = Tb, Dy and Ho compounds, respectively). Magnetoresistance measurements reveal large negative MR values of about 50% near at 9
in all these compounds. This giant magnetoresistance is attributed to the spin-dependent scattering effects, competing exchange interactions and the layered structure of these compounds.
PACS: 71.20.Eh – Rare earth metals and alloys / 72.15.-v – Electronic conduction in metals and alloys / 75.47.-m – Magnetotransport phenomena; materials for magnetotransport
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