| Issue |
EPL
Volume 120, Number 3, November 2017
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Article Number | 37002 | |
| Number of page(s) | 4 | |
| Section | Condensed Matter: Electronic Structure, Electrical, Magnetic and Optical Properties | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/120/37002 | |
| Published online | 19 January 2018 | |
Crystal growth and magneto-transport properties of α-ZrSb2 and α-HfSb2
Department of Physics, Renmin University of China - Beijing 100872, PRC and Beijing Key Laboratory of Opto-electronic Functional Materials & Micro-nano Devices, Renmin University of China Beijing 100872, PRC
(b) tlxia@ruc.edu.cn (corresponding author)
Received: 13 November 2017
Accepted: 4 January 2018
We report the synthesis of single crystals of α-ZrSb2/α-HfSb2 and their magneto-transport properties. Both of α-ZrSb2 and α-HfSb2 exhibit metallic behavior. The T3 behavior of zero-field resistivity for both compounds below 30 K indicates interband electron-phonon scattering. The magnetoresistance (MR) is found to obey Kohler's rule for ZrSb2 while the MR of HfSb2 deviates from this rule. A possible explanation for the results of Kohler's plot is considered, which is confirmed with the results of the Hall effect. The positive linear Hall resistivity of ZrSb2 suggests hole-type carriers and a mobility of 
, while the existence of two types of carriers in HfSb2 is confirmed from the nonlinear Hall resistivity.
PACS: 75.47.-m – Magnetotransport phenomena; materials for magnetotransport / 72.15.Eb – Electrical and thermal conduction in crystalline metals and alloys
© EPLA, 2018
Current usage metrics show cumulative count of Article Views (full-text article views including HTML views, PDF and ePub downloads, according to the available data) and Abstracts Views on Vision4Press platform.
Data correspond to usage on the plateform after 2015. The current usage metrics is available 48-96 hours after online publication and is updated daily on week days.
Initial download of the metrics may take a while.