TY - JOUR
T1 - High-Pressure Resistivity of YFe2Si2 and Magnetic Studies of Y1−yHo yFe2Si2 and YFe2(Si1−xGe x)2 Systems
AU - Felner, I.
AU - Lv, Bing
AU - Zhao, K.
AU - Chu, C. W.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2015, Springer Science+Business Media New York.
PY - 2015/4/1
Y1 - 2015/4/1
N2 - High-pressure resistivity measurements (up to 18.8 kbar) indicate that YFe2Si2 is not superconducting (SC) down to 1.2 K. On the other hand, a clear magnetic peak is observed at 232 K. This peak was recently proposed to a new nearly ferromagnetic Fermi-liquid (NFFL) state. By chemical substitutions of magnetic Ho ions in the nonmagnetic Y site and/or C or Ge in the Si sites of YFe2Si2, we show that this peak is affected and shifted to lower temperatures by three factors: (i) lattice parameters caused by chemical substitution, (ii) applied magnetic field, and (iii) disorder induced by substitution in the Si sites. While Ho substitution does not change much the peak position, both isovalent C and Ge substitutions shift the peak to lower temperature, e.g., in YFe2SiGe the peak position drops to 11 K, indicating that the dominant factor is the disorder induced in the Si site. None of investigated materials is SC down to 1.8 K. Apparently, in all compounds studied, the Fe ions are nonmagnetic, and it is assumed that all magnetic peaks reported here represent this new NFFL state previously proposed for YFe2Si2.
AB - High-pressure resistivity measurements (up to 18.8 kbar) indicate that YFe2Si2 is not superconducting (SC) down to 1.2 K. On the other hand, a clear magnetic peak is observed at 232 K. This peak was recently proposed to a new nearly ferromagnetic Fermi-liquid (NFFL) state. By chemical substitutions of magnetic Ho ions in the nonmagnetic Y site and/or C or Ge in the Si sites of YFe2Si2, we show that this peak is affected and shifted to lower temperatures by three factors: (i) lattice parameters caused by chemical substitution, (ii) applied magnetic field, and (iii) disorder induced by substitution in the Si sites. While Ho substitution does not change much the peak position, both isovalent C and Ge substitutions shift the peak to lower temperature, e.g., in YFe2SiGe the peak position drops to 11 K, indicating that the dominant factor is the disorder induced in the Si site. None of investigated materials is SC down to 1.8 K. Apparently, in all compounds studied, the Fe ions are nonmagnetic, and it is assumed that all magnetic peaks reported here represent this new NFFL state previously proposed for YFe2Si2.
KW - Magnetic properties
KW - Nearly ferromagnetic Fermi liquid
KW - Rare earth silicides
KW - Superconductivity
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U2 - 10.1007/s10948-015-3011-z
DO - 10.1007/s10948-015-3011-z
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AN - SCOPUS:84958055449
SN - 1557-1939
VL - 28
SP - 1207
EP - 1216
JO - Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism
JF - Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism
IS - 4
ER -