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Published on: October 5, 2013
Electrical resistivity of ErB2under pressure
1Technical University of Munich, TUM School of Natural Sciences, Physics Department, Chair for the Topology of Correlated Systems, 85748 Garching, Germany.
Abstract:
DiboridesAB2crystallizing in the hexagonal C32 structure exhibit a wide range of magnetic and electronic properties depending on the choice of the elementAand the precise values of the lattice constantsaandc. ErB2represents a typical rare-earth diboride, exhibiting easy-plane ferromagnetic order below 14 K. We report a study of the evolution of the electrical transport properties of ErB2when tuning the lattice constants under pressures up to 5.6 GPa. Using Bridgman-type pressure cells with polycrystalline diamond anvils and steatite as the solid pressure medium, quasi-hydrostatic conditions are provided. We find that magnetic order is stabilized under pressure and discuss the influence of uniaxial components by comparing measurements on polycrystalline and single-crystalline samples.
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