Electrical Resistivity and Magnetoresistance of the δ-FeZn10 Complex Intermetallic Phase

2013 ◽  
Vol 1517 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Koželj ◽  
S. Jazbec ◽  
J. Dolinšek

ABSTRACTThe δ-FeZn10 phase possesses high structural complexity typical of complex metallic alloys: a giant unit cell comprising 556 atoms, polyhedral atomic order with icosahedrally-coordinated environments, fractionally occupied lattice sites and statistically disordered atomic clusters that introduce intrinsic disorder into the structure. The electrical resistivity is large and exhibits a maximum at about 220 K. The magnetoresistance is sizeable, amounting to 1.5 % at 2 K in 9 T field. The temperature–dependent resistivity is discussed within the frame of the theory of slow charge carriers, applicable to metallic systems with weak dispersion of the electronic bands, where the electron motion changes from ballistic to diffusive upon heating. A comparison to the theory of weak localization is also made.

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (01) ◽  
pp. 2050011
Author(s):  
Debabrata Saha

Temperature-dependent (5–200 K) electrical resistivity and magnetoresistance (MR) measurements were carried out on [Formula: see text] (x = 0.5–4 at.%) thin films grown by pulsed laser deposition (PLD). The free electron concentration in the films was found to be in the range of [Formula: see text](1.7–4.7) [Formula: see text] which is much higher compared to the Mott critical density required for the onset of insulator-to-metal transition in ZnO. All the films exhibited small negative MR in the entire temperature and magnetic field range indicating weak-localization as the dominant effect. However, some unusual MR behavior was observed at 5 K for the film with highest static-disorder parameter. Such characteristics have been well-explained by considering the interplay of negative MR (arising due weak-localization and spin-disorder scattering) and positive MR (caused by s–d exchange interaction induced spin-splitting of the conduction band).


1990 ◽  
Vol 209 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.L. Di Vittorio ◽  
M.S. Dresselhaus ◽  
V. Bayot ◽  
L. Piraux ◽  
J-P. Issi ◽  
...  

ABSTRACTThe intercalation of fluorine into graphite introduces defects into the highly crystalline pristine fibers. These defectsare studied using temperature-dependent resistivity and magnetoresistance measurements. A logarithmic increase in resistivity at low temperature is observed, whereas the high temperature behavior is metallic. At weak magnetic fields and low temperatures, a negative magnetoresistance is observed, which becomes positive at high fields. These effects are explainedusing the two theories of weak localization and hole-hole interaction. In the light of TEM pictures of the microstructure of the fluorinated fibers, the origin of the defects in the intercalated fibers is discussed.


2017 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 440-446 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y.S. Reddy

Abstract Polycrystalline bulk samples of double layered (DL) colossal magnetoresistive (CMR) manganites R1.2Sr1.8Mn2O7 (R = La, Pr, Sm) were prepared by sol-gel method to study the effect of size of lanthanide ion on their magnetotransport properties. The electrical resistivity of the samples was investigated in the temperature range of 70 K to 300 K at different magnetic fields. The samples LSMO and PSMO show insulator-to-metal transition (IMT) behavior, while SSMO sample exhibits insulating behavior in the entire temperature range with a very large value of resistivity. The insulator-to-metal transition temperature (TIM) decreases from 123 K (LSMO) to 90 K (PSMO) and disappears in SSMO sample. To explain the electrical transport above TIM, the temperature dependent resistivity data (T > TIM) of all the samples were fitted to the equations of different conduction models. The results indicate that the conduction at T > TIM is due to Mott variable range hopping (VRH) mechanism in the LSMO and PSMO samples, while Efros-Shkloskii (ES) type of VRH model dominates the conduction process in the SSMO sample. All the three samples show increasing magnetoresistance (MR) even below TIM and the maximum MR is shown by LSMO (39 % at 75 K, 3 T).


2006 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 1551-1553 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cao Shuo ◽  
Zhou Qing-Li ◽  
Guan Dong-Yi ◽  
Lu Hui-Bin ◽  
Yang Guo-Zhen

1993 ◽  
Vol 07 (01n03) ◽  
pp. 850-854 ◽  
Author(s):  
V.H. TRAN ◽  
R. TROĆ

Magnetic susceptibility and electrical resistivity have been measured on UCuGa, UCu1+xSn1−x, (x=0 and 0.1), and UPdAl. The first two compounds, crystallizing in the hexagonal CaIn2-type structure, show at low temperatures an antiferromagnetic ordering probably with complex structures. UPdAl, which adopts the orthorhombic TiNiSi-type structure, was found to be a weakly temperature-dependent paramagnet down to 4.2 K.


2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. V. Prajapati ◽  
Y. A. Sonvane ◽  
H. P. Patel ◽  
P. B. Thakor

Author(s):  
Н.К. Чумаков ◽  
И.А. Черных ◽  
A.Б. Давыдов ◽  
И.С. Езубченко ◽  
Ю.В. Грищенко ◽  
...  

Abstract The unusual observation of the Kondo effect in the two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) of magnetically undoped AlGaN/GaN heterostructures is reported. The temperature-dependent zero-field resistivity data exhibits an upturn below 120 K, while the standard low-temperature weak localization and then weak antilocalization behaviour is revealed at T → 0. Magnetic transport investigations of the system are performed in the temperature range of 0.1–300 K and at magnetic fields up to 8 T, applied perpendicularly to the 2DEG plane. The experimental data are analyzed in terms of the multichannel Kondo model for d _0 magnetic materials and weak localization theory taking into account the spin-orbit interaction.


2012 ◽  
Vol 05 (03) ◽  
pp. 1250026 ◽  
Author(s):  
FAHAD ALAM ◽  
SAJID ALI ANSARI ◽  
WASI KHAN ◽  
M. EHTISHAM KHAN ◽  
A. H. NAQVI

Polyaniline (PANI) is recognized as one of the most important conducting polymers due to its high conductivity and good stability. In this paper, polyaniline/silver (PANI/Ag) nanocomposites were synthesized by in-situ polymerization of aniline using ammonium peroxydisulphate (APS) as oxidizing agent with varying concentration of Ag nanoparticles colloids (0 ml, 25 ml and 50 ml). Silver nanoparticles were synthesized separately in colloidal form from silver nitrate (Ag2NO3) with the help of reducing agent sodium borohydride (NaBH4). The PANI/ Ag nanocomposites were characterized by XRD, SEM, AFM, UV-visible, temperature dependent resistivity and dielectric measurements. All samples show a single phase nature of the nanoparticles. The electrical resistivity as function of temperature was measured in the temperature range 298–383 K, which indicates a semiconducting to metallic transition at 373 K and 368 K for 25 ml and 50 ml silver colloid samples, respectively.


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