Kondo-like behavior in magnetic and thermal properties of single-crystalTm5Si2Ge2

J. H. Kim, S. J. Kim, C. I. Lee, M. A. Jung, H. J. Oh, Jong-Soo Rhyee, Younghun Jo, Hiroyuki Mitani, Hidetoshi Miyazaki, Shin-ichi Kimura, Y. S. Kwon
2010 Physical Review B  
We grew the single crystal of stoichiometric Tm5Si2.0Ge2.0 using a Bridgeman method and performed XRD, EDS, magnetization, ac and dc magnetic susceptibilities, specific heat, electrical resistivity and XPS experiments. It crystallizes in orthorhombic Sm5Ge4-type structure. The mean valence of Tm ions in Tm5Si2.0Ge2.0 is almost trivalent. The 4f states is split by the crystalline electric field. The ground state exhibits the long range antiferromagnetic order with the ferromagnetically coupled
more » ... gnetic moments in the ac plane below 8.01 K, while the exited states exhibit the reduction of magnetic moment and magnetic entropy and -log T-behaviors observed in Kondo materials.
doi:10.1103/physrevb.81.104401 fatcat:wlzqwbx2pnb5fjugwezxj2kney