Possible existence of magnetic polaron in nearly ferromagnetic semiconductor -US

池田 修悟*; 酒井 宏典; 立岩 尚之; 松田 達磨; 青木 大*; 本間 佳哉*; 山本 悦嗣; 中村 彰夫; 塩川 佳伸*; 太田 有基*; et al.

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 78(11), p.114704_1 - 114704_10, 2009/11

https://doi.org/10.1143/JPSJ.78.114704

We studied the magnetic properties of a paramagnet -US with the orthorhombic crystal structure by measuring the magnetization, magnetic susceptibility, specific heat and electrical resistivity under magnetic field and pressure. The 5-crystalline electric field (CEF) scheme was determined from the experimental results The insulating resistivity is drastically changed to a metallic one under high pressure 8 GPa similar to that of the semimetallic Ising-type ferromagnet UTeS with the Curie temperature =87 K. From these experimental results, it was concluded that -US is in the vicinity of the ferromagnetic ordering at ambient pressure. The anomalous magnetization was analyzed on the basis of the ferromagnetic cluster and discussed from a viewpoint of the magnetic polaron.