Dissipation-driven strange metal behavior

Anomalous metallic properties are often observed in the proximity of quantum critical points, with violation of the Fermi Liquid paradigm. We propose a scenario where, near the quantum critical point, dynamical fluctuations of the order parameter with finite correlation length mediate a nearly isotropic scattering among the quasiparticles over the entire Fermi surface. This scattering produces a strange metallic behavior, which is extended to the lowest temperatures by an increase of the damping of the fluctuations. We phenomenologically identify one single parameter ruling this increasing damping when the temperature decreases, accounting for both the linear-in-temperature resistivity and the seemingly divergent specific heat observed, e.g., in high-temperature superconducting cuprates and some heavy-fermion metals.

Infrared Absorption and Its Sources of CdZnTe at Cryogenic Temperature

To reveal the causes of infrared absorption in the wavelength region between electronic and lattice absorptions, we measured the temperature dependence of the absorption coefficient of p-type low-resistivity ($$\sim 10^2~ \Omega \mathrm{cm}$$ ∼ 10 2 Ω cm ) CdZnTe crystals. We measured the absorption coefficients of CdZnTe crystals in four wavelength bands ($$\lambda =6.45$$ λ = 6.45 , 10.6, 11.6, 15.1$$~\mu $$ μ m) over the temperature range of $$T=8.6$$ T = 8.6 -300 K with an originally developed system. The CdZnTe absorption coefficient was measured to be $$\alpha =0.3$$ α = 0.3 -0.5 $$\mathrm{cm}^{-1}$$ cm - 1 at $$T=300$$ T = 300 K and $$\alpha =0.4$$ α = 0.4 -0.9 $$\mathrm{cm}^{-1}$$ cm - 1 at $$T=8.6$$ T = 8.6 K in the investigated wavelength range. With an absorption model based on transitions of free holes and holes trapped at an acceptor level, we conclude that the absorption due to free holes at $$T=150$$ T = 150 -300 K and that due to trapped-holes at $$T<50$$ T < 50 K are dominant absorption causes in CdZnTe. We also discuss a method to predict the CdZnTe absorption coefficient at cryogenic temperature based on the room-temperature resistivity.

Dissipation-driven Strange Metal Behavior

Anomalous metallic properties are often observed in the proximity of quantum critical points, with violation of the Fermi Liquid paradigm. We propose a scenario where, near the quantum critical point, dynamical fluctuations of the order parameter with finite correlation length mediate a nearly isotropic scattering among the quasiparticles over the entire Fermi surface. This scattering produces an anomalous metallic behavior, which is extended to the lowest temperatures by an increase of the damping of the fluctuations. We phenomenologically identify one single parameter ruling this increasing damping when the temperature decreases, accounting for both the linear-in-temperature resistivity and the seemingly divergent specific heat observed, e.g., in high-temperature superconducting cuprates and some heavy-fermion metals

Low-temperature sintered Ni–Zn–Co–Mn–O spinel oxide ceramics for multilayer NTC thermistors

The phase formation, sintering behavior and electrical properties of Ni–Co–Zn–Mn spinel NTC thermistor ceramics of the series Ni0.5ZnzCo0.5Mn2−zO4 with 0 ≤ z ≤ 1 were studied. In contrast to NiMn2O4, which exhibits limited stability in air below 730 °C and above 970 °C, the Zn–Co-substituted nickel manganite spinels are stable at T < 730 °C and decompose at Td > 900 °C, with Td increasing with decreasing Zn Content z. The samples were sintered at 900 °C with addition of 3 wt% Bi2O3 as sintering aid and densities of above 92% were achieved. The room temperature resistivity and thermistor B-constants are almost independent of composition at 0 ≤ z ≤ 0.6 and start to increase at higher Zn concentrations. A multilayer NTC thermistor was fabricated using green tapes of a spinel of composition z = 0.75, commercial Ag paste, and cofiring at 900 °C. The firing behavior, microstructure formation and electrical properties of the multilayer thermistor are reported.

Solution Synthesis of Cubic Spinel Mn–Ni–Cu–O Thermistor Powder

Toward the development of NTCR thermistors, nanocrystalline Mn–Ni–Cu–O powder was synthesized from a mixed chloride aqueous solution by a simple co-precipitation method.The introduction of an oxidizing agent (H2O2) into the solution led to the partial oxidation of Mn2+ ions into Mn3+ ions, which enabled the collected powder to be well crystallized at 650 °C. Such a low calcining temperature resulted in fine particles with a mean size of 60 nm, which significantly promoted densification of the resulting ceramics. As a result, a dense and homogenous microstructure with a relative density up to 97.2% was achieved for pellets sintered at 1100 °C. Furthermore, these sintered ceramics exhibited a room temperature resistivity (ρ25) of 67 Ω·cmand a thermistor constant (B25/85) of 2843 K, which make them suitable for use in industrial thermistors. In addition, electrical stability was greatly improved when the ceramics were prepared by a new two-step sintering method. The results suggest that the co-precipitation route with the introduction of H2O2 is suitable for the fabrication of cubic spinel thermistor nanopowders.