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Highly Anisotropic Magnetism and Nearly Isotropic Magnetocaloric Effect in Mn$_{3}$Sn$_{2}$ Single Crystals |
| Jianli Bai1,2, Qingxin Dong1,2, Libo Zhang1,2, Qiaoyu Liu1,2, Jingwen Cheng1,2, Pinyu Liu1,2, Cundong Li1,2, Yingrui Sun1,2, Yu Huang1,2, Zhian Ren1,2, and Genfu Chen1,2,3* |
1Institute of Physics and Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China
2School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
3Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan 523808, China
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Jianli Bai, Qingxin Dong, Libo Zhang et al 2023 Chin. Phys. Lett. 40 127501 |
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Abstract Mn$_{3}$Sn$_{2}$ has been proposed as an ideal material for magnetic refrigeration. It undergoes two successive ferromagnetic transitions ($T_{\rm C1} = 262$ K and $T_{\rm C2} = 227$ K) and one antiferromagnetic transition ($T_{\rm N} = 192$ K). Herein we report, for the first time, the preparation of single crystals of Mn$_{3}$Sn$_{2}$ from Bi flux. The resultant anisotropic magnetic properties and magnetocaloric effect are investigated along the three principal crystallographic directions of the crystal. Significant anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility and multiple field-induced metamagnetic transitions were found at low fields, whereas the magnetocaloric effect was found to be almost isotropic and larger than that of the polycrystalline one. The maximum magnetic entropy change amounts to $-\Delta S_{\rm M} = 4.01$ J$\cdot$kg$^{-1}\cdot$K$^{-1}$ near $T_{\rm C1}$ under a magnetic field change of $\mu_{0}\Delta H = 5$ T along the $c$-axis, with the corresponding refrigerant capacity of 1750 mJ$\cdot$cm$^{-3}$. Combined with a much wider cooling temperature span ($\sim$ $80$ K), our results demonstrate Mn$_{3}$Sn$_{2}$ single crystal to be an attractive candidate working material for active magnetic refrigeration at low temperatures.
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Received: 08 October 2023
Published: 20 December 2023
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