Desertion of anomalous magnetic transition and emergence of metallic state in Cu doped Eu2Ru2O7 pyrochlore
1Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, A CI of Homi Bhabha National Institute, 1/AF, Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700064, India.
Abstract:
In this paper, we present a detailed investigation of the structural, magnetic, and electrical transport properties of Eu2-xCuxRu2O7 (x = 0, 0.2, 0.4) pyrochlores. X-ray diffraction measurements confirm the single-phase nature of all samples and also manifest the reduction of lattice parameters with the increase in copper doping concentration. The experimental results of the magnetic measurements indicate that an anomalous magnetic transition around 23 K arises due to the contribution of non-magnetic Eu3+ ions. The strength of this unnatural magnetic transition reduces with decreasing Eu concentration [i.e., with increasing copper doping (x)] and finally disappears for x = 0.4. Moreover, electrical transport measurements reveal a considerable decrease in resistivity for Cu doped samples compared to undoped samples, which indicates the increase in charge carrier concentration with increasing Cu content.
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