Single crystal growth and crystal structure of ThRhIn and LuCoGa

Matsuda, Tatsuma; Haga, Yoshinori; Sakai, Hironori; Ikeda, Shugo; Onuki, Yoshichika

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 75(Suppl.), p.85 - 87, 2006/08

Recently quasi-two-dimensional electron state in rare earth and actinide compounds with HoCoGa-type tetragonal crystal structure was attracted a lot attention in relation to heavy fermion superconductivity observed in CeCoIn, CeIrIn and PuCoGa. In order to elucidate the role of electron in these compounds, it is necessary to compare their electronic state with that of lanthanum and thorium compounds which do not possess the -electrons. The number of valence electrons in the thorium compound is the same as that of the corresponding 4-itinerant cerium compound. We have recently tried to make thorium 115 compounds by indium flux method and have succeeded in discovering the new material of ThRhIn. Crystal structure and quality were confirmed by X-ray diffraction, fluorescent X-ray analysis and EPMA. The lattice parameters were determined to be 4.681(6) and , respectively. The positional parameter of In(4) site was also determined to be .