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Influence of exotic Mn on magnetic properties of YCo5.0-xMnxGa7.0 (0.05≤x ≤3.0)

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The YCo5.0-xMnxGa7.0 compounds crystallize with the ScFe6Ga6-type structure. The lattice of YCo5.0-xMnxGa7.0 expands with the increase of the Mn content for 0.05≤x≤2.5, but the lattice of YCo2.0Mn3.0Ga7.0 shrinks compared with YCo2.5Mn2.5Ga7.0. The shrinkage of the lattice is attributed to the magnetostriction of YCo2.0Mn3.0Ga7.0. The substitution of Mn for Co forms magnetic clusters in the antiferromagnetic matrix. The magnetic frustration results in the spin-glass-like behavior for 0.8≤x≤1.5 and the difference between zero-field-cooling (ZFC) and field-cooling (FC) magnetizations for x=2.0, 2.5, and 3.0. A stable long-range magnetic ordering appears among the Mn-centered magnetic clusters with the ordering temperature 110 K for x=2.0. The hump in the thermomagnetization of YCo3.0Mn2.0Ga7.0 can be attributed to the competitive effects between the thermal fluctuation and the enhanced magnetic interaction. Both the hump and the bifurcation between the ZFC and the FC magnetizations of YCo3.0Mn2.0Ga7.0 occur at lower temperatures as the applied field increases. On the two-step magnetization curve of YCo3.0Mn2.0Ga7.0, the inflection point at 4000 Oe is due to the coercive field, and the magnetic moments in the clusters are tilted to the applied field above 4000 Oe. The magnetic ordering temperature is further increased to 210 K for x=2.5 and to 282 K for x=3.0. The spontaneous magnetization of YCo2.0Mn3.0Ga7.0 is 0.575 μB/f.u. at 5 K with a canted magnetic structure.

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  1. Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100080, China

    H. Chang, G. Rao & J. Liang

  2. Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100083, China

    H. Chang

  3. Division of Functional Materials, Central Iron & Steel Research Institute, Beijing, 100081, China

    Y. Guo

  4. International Center for Material Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110016, China

    J. Liang

  5. School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China

    S. Liu & H. Du

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Chang, H., Rao, G., Liang, J. et al. Influence of exotic Mn on magnetic properties of YCo5.0-xMnxGa7.0 (0.05≤x ≤3.0). Appl. Phys. A 81, 1309–1312 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-004-3055-6

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