| CONDENSED MATTER: ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE, ELECTRICAL, MAGNETIC, AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES |
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Anisotropy Properties of Mn$_{2}$P Single Crystals with Antiferromagnetic Transition |
| Shi-Hang Na1,2, Wei Wu1,2*, and Jian-Lin Luo1,2,3* |
1Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics and Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
2School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
3Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan 523808, China
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Shi-Hang Na, Wei Wu, and Jian-Lin Luo 2020 Chin. Phys. Lett. 37 087301 |
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Abstract Single crystals of hexagonal structure Mn$_{2}$P are synthesized by Sn flux for the first time. Transport and magnetic properties have been performed on the single crystals, which is an antiferromagnet with Neel temperature 103 K. Obvious anisotropy of resistivity is observed below the Neel temperature, which is manifested by metallic behavior with a current along the $c$-axis and semiconducting behavior with a current along the $a$-axis. The negative slope of temperature-dependent resistivity is observed above the Neel temperature in both $a$ and $c$ directions. Strong anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility is also evident from the magnetization measurements. A weak metamagnetic transition is observed only in $a$-axis plane at high magnetic field near 50–60 K compared to the $c$-axis. We believe these strong anisotropies of magnetic and transport properties are due to the anisotropy of spin arrangement. Mn$_{2}$P could be a candidate for exploration of possible superconductivity due to the low spin state.
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Received: 19 May 2020
Published: 28 July 2020
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| PACS: |
73.20.-r
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(Electron states at surfaces and interfaces)
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71.27.+a
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(Strongly correlated electron systems; heavy fermions)
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74.70.Xa
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(Pnictides and chalcogenides)
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| Fund: Supported by the National Key Research and Development of China (Grant No. 2017YFA0302901), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11674375, 11634015 and 11921004), the Strategic Priority Research Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. XDB33010100), and the Postdoctoral Science Foundation of China. |
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