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Si
Matsuda, Tatsuma; Haga, Yoshinori; Ikeda, Shugo; Galatanu, A.; Yamamoto, Etsuji; Shishido, Hiroaki*; Yamada, Mineko*; Yamaura, Junichi*; Hedo, Masato*; Uwatoko, Yoshiya*; et al.
Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 74(5), p.1552 - 1556, 2005/05
Times Cited Count:26 Percentile:72.53(Physics, Multidisciplinary)We have succeeded in growing a high-quality single crystal of UCu
Si
with the tetragonal structure by the Sn-flux method and measured the electrical resistivity, magnetic susceptibility, magnetization and specific heat. UCu
Si
is found to order antiferromagnetically below
= 106 K, and follows a successive ferromagnetic ordering at
= 100 K. The magnetic properties are highly anisotropic, reflecting the crystal structure. An easy-axis of magnetization is found to be the [001] direction (
-axis) both in the antiferromagnetic and ferromagnetic phases, while the [100] direction (
-axis) corresponds to the hard-axis in magnetization. The magnetization curve in the antiferromagnetic phase indicates a clear metamagnetic transition at a low field of about 1 kOe and changes smoothly into a ferromagnetic magnetization curve below
= 100 K. The saturation moment is determined as 1.75
/U at 2 K. The electronic specific heat coefficient is also determined as 20 mJ/K
mol.
Ni
Al
Haga, Yoshinori; Matsuda, Tatsuma; Ikeda, Shugo; Galatanu, A.; Matsumoto, Takuya*; Sugimoto, Toyonari*; Tada, Toshiji*; Noguchi, Satoru*; Onuki, Yoshichika
Physica B; Condensed Matter, 359-361, p.1006 - 1008, 2005/04
Times Cited Count:3 Percentile:16.01(Physics, Condensed Matter)A new ternary uranium-based intermetallic compound U
Ni
Al
has been symthesized. It crystallizes in the unique flat orthorhombic structure. Uranium atoms occupy two crystallographic 4
and 8
sites where local chemical environments are quite similar. The temperature dependence of the magnetic susceptibility
demonstrates peculiar magnetic anisotropy;
along
- and
-axes obeys the Curie-Weiss law above 23 K, while
along
-axis is small and temperature independent. At 23 K, only
shows a sharp cusp corresponding to the antiferromagnetic ordering, while
remains paramagnetic behavior down to 2 K. These results and crystallographical considerations lead to a conclusion that only uranium atoms at the 8
site order antiferromagnetically at
= 23 K, while uranium atoms at the
site do not order down to 50 mK.