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Magnetic and transport properties of a layered compound Ce2Te5
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Ce2Te5 single crystals were successfully grown using RbCl/LiCl flux method. The structure of Ce2Te5 can be viewed as a combination of CeTe2 and CeTe3. The experimental results of magnetic susceptibility [Formula: see text], isothermal magnetization M(H), electrical resistivity [Formula: see text], and heat capacity C(T) show two clear anomalies at 5.1 and 2.3 K, which correspond to a ferrimagnetic and a possible antiferromagnetic transition, respectively. Both of [Formula: see text] and C(T) confirm a third transition at 0.9 K. The resistivity shows a huge anisotropy with the current applied in [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text] directions. Our experimental results prefer the scenario that the three consecutive transitions in Ce2Te5 are attributed to two different kinds of origin, which are independent and responsible for the magnetic orders observed in CeTe2 and CeTe3.
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