Effect of negative chemical pressure on the prototypical itinerant magnet MnSi

C. Dhital, M. A. Khan, M. Saghayezhian, W. A. Phelan, D. P. Young, R. Y. Jin, and J. F. DiTusa
Phys. Rev. B 95, 024407 – Published 9 January 2017
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Abstract

The evolution of the magnetic and charge transport properties of the itinerant magnetic metal MnSi with the substitution of Al and Ga on the Si site is investigated. We observe an increase in unit cell volume indicating that both Al and Ga substitutions create negative chemical pressure. There are substantial increases in the Curie temperature and the ordered moment demonstrating that the substitutions give the magnetism a stronger itinerant character. The substitutions also increase the range of temperature and field where the skyrmion phase is stable due to a change in the character of the magnetism. In contrast to the behavior of pure MnSi and expectations for the intrinsic anomalous Hall effect, we find a significant temperature dependence to the magnitude and sign of anomalous Hall conductivity constant in Al or Ga substituted samples. This temperature dependence likely reflects changes in the spin-orbit coupling strength with temperature, which may have significant consequences on the helical and skyrmion states. Overall, we observe a continuous evolution of magnetic and charge transport properties through positive to negative pressure.

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  • Received 26 September 2016
  • Revised 1 December 2016

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.95.024407

©2017 American Physical Society

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Condensed Matter, Materials & Applied Physics

Authors & Affiliations

C. Dhital*, M. A. Khan, M. Saghayezhian, W. A. Phelan, D. P. Young, R. Y. Jin, and J. F. DiTusa

  • Department of Physics and Astronomy, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70803, USA

  • *cdhital@lsu.edu
  • ditusa@phys.lsu.edu

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Vol. 95, Iss. 2 — 1 January 2017

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