We report quasi-two-dimensional (Q2D) itinerant electron magnetism in the layered Co-based shandites. Comprehensive magnetization measurements were performed using single crystals of Co3Sn2−xInxS2 (0 ≤ x ≤ 2) and Co3−yFeySn2S2 (0 ≤ y ≤ 0.5). The magnetic parameters of both systems; the Curie temperature TC, effective moment peff and spontaneous moment ps; exhibit almost identical variations against the In- and Fe-concentrations, indicating significance of the electron count on the magnetism in the Co-based shandite. The ferromagnetic–nonmagnetic quantum phase transition is found around xc ∼ 0.8. Analysis based on the extended Q2D spin fluctuation theory clearly reveals the highly Q2D itinerant electron character of the ferromagnetism in the Co-based shandites.
ملخص البحث
قسم البحث
مجلة البحث
Journal of the Physical Society of Japan
المشارك في البحث
الناشر
NULL
تصنيف البحث
1
عدد البحث
Vol .85
موقع البحث
http://journals.jps.jp/doi/abs/10.7566/JPSJ.85.064706
سنة البحث
2016
صفحات البحث
pp. 064706