AIP Advances (Oct 2018)

Divalent ion substitution effect on Yb-site in Kondo insulator YbB12

  • W. Matsuhra,
  • K. Yokomichi,
  • W. Hirano,
  • S. Kikuchi,
  • N. Uematsu,
  • H. Nakayama,
  • A. Kondo,
  • K. Kindo,
  • F. Iga

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5043111
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 10
pp. 101329 – 101329-3

Abstract

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YbB12 has been investigated energetically as a typical Kondo insulator. To study detailed formation mechanism of Kondo energy gap, we have investigated transport and magnetic properties of Yb1-xR3+xB12 (R3+ = non-magnetic trivalent ions). Recently, we have recently succeeded in substitution of Ca2+ for Yb site in YbB12 by high-pressure synthesis. In Ca- and Lu-substituted alloys both of magnetic susceptibility and specific heat C/T at low temperatures, remarkably show larger increase than those of powdered YbB12. These increases are due to giant increase of density of state in an in-gap state.