Due to the lack of inversion,mirror or other roto-inversion symmetries,chiral crystals possess a well-defined handedness which,when combined with time-reversal symmetry breaking from the application of magnetic fields...Due to the lack of inversion,mirror or other roto-inversion symmetries,chiral crystals possess a well-defined handedness which,when combined with time-reversal symmetry breaking from the application of magnetic fields,can give rise to directional dichroism of the electrical transport phenomena via the magnetochiral anisotropy.In this study,we investigate the nonreciprocal magneto-transport in microdevices of NbGe_(2),a superconductor with structural chirality.A giant nonreciprocal signal from vortex motions is observed during the superconducting transition,with the ratio of nonreciprocal resistance to the normal resistanceγreaching 6×10^(5)T^(-1)·A^(-1).Interestingly,the intensity can be adjusted and even sign-reversed by varying the current,the temperature,and the crystalline orientation.Our findings illustrate intricate vortex dynamics and offer ways of manipulation on the rectification effect in superconductors with structural chirality.展开更多
Kagome magnets have attracted considerable research attention due to the interplay between topology,magnetism and electronic correlations.In this study we report single-crystal synthesis of a series of the kagome magn...Kagome magnets have attracted considerable research attention due to the interplay between topology,magnetism and electronic correlations.In this study we report single-crystal synthesis of a series of the kagome magnets.RCr_(6)Ge_(6)(R=Gd-Tm) that possess defect-free Cr kagome lattices and systematically study their magnetic and electrical transport properties.The transition from a canted ferrimagnetic to a paramagnetic state in GdCr_(6)Ge_(6),TbCr_(6)Ge_(6),DyCr_(6)Ge_(6),HoCr_(6)Ge_(6),ErCr_(6)Ge_(6) and TmCr_(6)Ge_(6) occurs at 11.3 K,10.8 K,4.3 K,2.5 K,3.3 K and below 2 K,respectively,due to R-R interactions within the compounds.Magnetization measurements reveal highly anisotropic magnetism with canted magnetic moments in these compounds.In electrical transport,both negative and positive magnetoresistances at different magnetic fields and temperatures have been observed due to the competition between different scattering mechanisms.This work enriches our understanding of the Cr-based kagome magnets and paves the way to search for possible topological responses in this family.展开更多
The hydrostatic pressure is expected to be an effective knob to tune the magnetostructural phase transitions of hexagonal MM’X alloys(M and M’denote transition metals and X represents main group elements).We perform...The hydrostatic pressure is expected to be an effective knob to tune the magnetostructural phase transitions of hexagonal MM’X alloys(M and M’denote transition metals and X represents main group elements).We perform magnetization measurements under hydrostatic pressure on an MM’X martensitic MnNi0.77Fe0.23Ge alloy.The magnetostructural transition temperature can be efficiently tuned to lower temperatures by applying moderate pressures,with a giant shift rate of-151 K/GPa.A temperature span of 30 K is obtained under the pressure,within which a large magnetic entropy change of-23 J·kg-1K-1 in a field change of 5 T is induced by the mechanical energy gain due to the large volume change.Meanwhile,a decoupling of structural and magnetic transitions is observed at low temperatures when the martensitic transition temperature is lower than the Curie temperature.These results show a multi-parameter tunable caloric effect that benefits the solid-state cooling.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2022YFA1403603)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.U2032213,12104461,12374129,and 12304156)+1 种基金Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant Nos.YSBR-084,and JZHKYPT-2021-08)A portion of this work was supported by the High Magnetic Field Laboratory of Anhui Province.
文摘Due to the lack of inversion,mirror or other roto-inversion symmetries,chiral crystals possess a well-defined handedness which,when combined with time-reversal symmetry breaking from the application of magnetic fields,can give rise to directional dichroism of the electrical transport phenomena via the magnetochiral anisotropy.In this study,we investigate the nonreciprocal magneto-transport in microdevices of NbGe_(2),a superconductor with structural chirality.A giant nonreciprocal signal from vortex motions is observed during the superconducting transition,with the ratio of nonreciprocal resistance to the normal resistanceγreaching 6×10^(5)T^(-1)·A^(-1).Interestingly,the intensity can be adjusted and even sign-reversed by varying the current,the temperature,and the crystalline orientation.Our findings illustrate intricate vortex dynamics and offer ways of manipulation on the rectification effect in superconductors with structural chirality.
基金Project supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2021YFA1600204)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.U2032213,12104461,12374129,12304156,and 52325105)+1 种基金Chinese Academy of Sciences(Grant Nos.YSBR-084 and JZHKYPT2021-08)supported by the High Magnetic Field Laboratory of Anhui Province。
文摘Kagome magnets have attracted considerable research attention due to the interplay between topology,magnetism and electronic correlations.In this study we report single-crystal synthesis of a series of the kagome magnets.RCr_(6)Ge_(6)(R=Gd-Tm) that possess defect-free Cr kagome lattices and systematically study their magnetic and electrical transport properties.The transition from a canted ferrimagnetic to a paramagnetic state in GdCr_(6)Ge_(6),TbCr_(6)Ge_(6),DyCr_(6)Ge_(6),HoCr_(6)Ge_(6),ErCr_(6)Ge_(6) and TmCr_(6)Ge_(6) occurs at 11.3 K,10.8 K,4.3 K,2.5 K,3.3 K and below 2 K,respectively,due to R-R interactions within the compounds.Magnetization measurements reveal highly anisotropic magnetism with canted magnetic moments in these compounds.In electrical transport,both negative and positive magnetoresistances at different magnetic fields and temperatures have been observed due to the competition between different scattering mechanisms.This work enriches our understanding of the Cr-based kagome magnets and paves the way to search for possible topological responses in this family.
基金Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.51722106)the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2019YFA0704904)+1 种基金Users with Excellence Program of Hefei Science Center CAS(Grant No.2019HSC-UE009)Fujian Institute of Innovation,Chinese Academy of Sciences。
文摘The hydrostatic pressure is expected to be an effective knob to tune the magnetostructural phase transitions of hexagonal MM’X alloys(M and M’denote transition metals and X represents main group elements).We perform magnetization measurements under hydrostatic pressure on an MM’X martensitic MnNi0.77Fe0.23Ge alloy.The magnetostructural transition temperature can be efficiently tuned to lower temperatures by applying moderate pressures,with a giant shift rate of-151 K/GPa.A temperature span of 30 K is obtained under the pressure,within which a large magnetic entropy change of-23 J·kg-1K-1 in a field change of 5 T is induced by the mechanical energy gain due to the large volume change.Meanwhile,a decoupling of structural and magnetic transitions is observed at low temperatures when the martensitic transition temperature is lower than the Curie temperature.These results show a multi-parameter tunable caloric effect that benefits the solid-state cooling.