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Tuning the ferromagnetic phase in the CDW compound SmNiC2 via chemical alloying

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We report a study on tuning the charge density wave (CDW) ferromagnet SmNiC2 to a weakly coupled superconductor by substituting La for Sm. X-ray diffraction measurements show that the doped compounds obey Vegard’s law, where La (Lu) alloying expands (shrinks) the lattice due to its larger (smaller) atomic size than Sm. In the series Sm1−xLaxNiC2, CDW transition (TCDW =148K) for SmNiC2 is gradually suppressed, while the ferromagnetic (FM) ordering temperature (TC) at 17K slightly increases up to x=0.3. For x>0.3, TC starts to decrease and there is no signature that could be related with the CDW phase. Electrical resistivity, magnetic susceptibility and specific heat measurements point toward the possible presence of a FM quantum critical point (QCP) near x=0.92, where the TC is extrapolated to zero temperature. Superconductivity in LaNiC2 (Tsc=2.9K) is completely suppressed with small amount of Sm inclusion near the proposed FM critical point, indicating a competition between the two ordered phases. The tunable lattice parameters via chemical substitution (La,Lu) and the ensuing change among the ordered phases of ferromagnetism, CDW and superconductivity underscores that SmNiC2 provides a rich avenue to study the rare example of a FM QCP, where the broken symmetries are intricately correlated

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artykuł w czasopiśmie wyróżnionym w JCR
Opublikowano w:
Scientific Reports nr 6,
ISSN: 2045-2322
Język:
angielski
Rok wydania:
2016
Opis bibliograficzny:
Prathiba G., Kim I., Shin S., Strychalska-Nowak J., Klimczuk T., Park T.: Tuning the ferromagnetic phase in the CDW compound SmNiC2 via chemical alloying// Scientific Reports. -Vol. 6, iss. 1 (2016), s.26530-
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Cyfrowy identyfikator dokumentu elektronicznego (otwiera się w nowej karcie) 10.1038/srep26530
Weryfikacja:
Politechnika Gdańska

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