AIP Advances (Oct 2018)

Magnetic properties of Mn1-xTMxAlGe (TM = V, Fe, Cu) with Cu2Sb-type structure

  • Kohei Noguchi,
  • Hayato Masumitsu,
  • Yoshifuru Mitsui,
  • Rie Y. Umetsu,
  • Masahiko Hiroi,
  • Yoshiya Uwatoko,
  • Keiichi Koyama

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5043069
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 10
pp. 101433 – 101433-4

Abstract

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The magnetic properties of Mn1-xTMxAlGe (TM = V, Fe and Cu) were investigated for x ≤ 0.2. The spontaneous magnetization decreased with increasing x. A remarkable decrease in the Curie temperature TC was observed for TM = Fe. For ferromagnetic MnAlGe (x = 0) and TM = nonmagnetic Cu (x = 0.2), Curie-Weiss law was confirmed. The compounds with TM = V and Fe (x = 0.2) did not show Curie-Weiss law, and the data of reciprocal susceptibility vs. temperature bent, indicating change of the magnetism from ferromagnetism. Obtained results suggested that the magnetic moments of V and Fe were aligned antiparallel to those of Mn, resulting in the ferrimagnetism-like behavior.