Abstract
Here, we report the growth and characterization of single crystals of NdxSb2-xTe3 (x = 0 and 0.1), by solid-state reaction route via self-flux method. The phase and layered growth are confirmed through X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy respectively. A slight contraction in lattice parameters is seen after Nd doping. Also a minute shift in vibrational modes of recorded Raman spectra has been observed by doping of Nd in Sb2Te3. The magneto-resistance values under magnetic field of 5 Tesla for Sb2Te3 are 75% at 2.5 K and 60% at 20 K, but only 40% at 5 K for Nd0.1Sb1.9Te3. DC magnetic measurements exhibit expected diamagnetic and paramagnetic behaviors for pure and Nd doped crystals respectively. A cusp-like behavior is observed in magneto-conductivity of both pure and Nd doped crystals at low magnetic fields (< 1 Tesla) which is analyzed using Hikami-Larkin-Nagaoka (HLN) model. For Sb2Te3, the fitted parameters α are −1.02 and −0.58 and the phase coherence lengths Lφ are 50.8(6)nm and 34.9(8)nm at temperatures 2.5 and 20 K respectively. For Nd0.1Sb1.9Te3, α is −0.29 and Lφ is 27.2(1)nm at 5 K. The α values clearly show the presence of weak anti-localization effect in both pure and Nd doped samples. Also with Nd doping, the contribution of bulk states increases in addition to conducting surface states in overall conduction mechanism.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2463-2469 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism |
Volume | 34 |
Issue number | 10 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 2021 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
Keywords
- Hikami-Larkin-Nagaoka model
- Magnetic doping
- Magnetization
- Magneto-resistance
- Topological insulator