Electrotransport and magnetic properties of Cr-GaSb phases synthesized under high pressure
M V Kondrin1, V R Gizatullin, S V Popova
1Institute for High Pressure Physics RAS, Troitsk, Moscow Region, 142190, Russia.
Abstract:
The electrotransport and magnetic properties of new phases in the Cr-GaSb system were studied. The samples were prepared by high-pressure (P=6-8 GPa), high-temperature treatment and identified by x-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy. One of the CrGa(2)Sb(2) phases with an orthorhombic structure Iba2 has a combination of ferromagnetic and semiconductor properties and is potentially promising for spintronic applications. Another high-temperature phase is paramagnetic and identified as tetragonal I4/mcm.
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