TY - JOUR
T1 - Structural and physical properties of the new stannide Yb3Pd4Sn13
AU - Gastaldo, F.
AU - Giovannini, M.
AU - Strydom, A.
AU - Djoumessi, R. F.
AU - Čurlík, I.
AU - Reiffers, M.
AU - Solokha, P.
AU - Saccone, A.
PY - 2017/4
Y1 - 2017/4
N2 - Among the new discovered intermetallics in the Yb-Pd-Sn system, the cubic phase Yb3Pd4Sn13, with a lattice parameter of 0.9743(5) nm, emerges as a new member of the R3T4Sn13 family (R = rare earth element, T = transition metal) crystallizing in the Yb3Rh4Sn13-structure type. The effective magnetic moment μeff = 1:84 μB/Yb is strongly reduced. Moreover, measurements of magnetic properties, specific heat and resistivity indicate superconductivity below 2.4 K. This compound is found to exhibit a strongly enhanced electronic specific heat at low temperature from which we infer a possible low-lying magnetic phase transition or other source of magnetic entropy.
AB - Among the new discovered intermetallics in the Yb-Pd-Sn system, the cubic phase Yb3Pd4Sn13, with a lattice parameter of 0.9743(5) nm, emerges as a new member of the R3T4Sn13 family (R = rare earth element, T = transition metal) crystallizing in the Yb3Rh4Sn13-structure type. The effective magnetic moment μeff = 1:84 μB/Yb is strongly reduced. Moreover, measurements of magnetic properties, specific heat and resistivity indicate superconductivity below 2.4 K. This compound is found to exhibit a strongly enhanced electronic specific heat at low temperature from which we infer a possible low-lying magnetic phase transition or other source of magnetic entropy.
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U2 - 10.12693/APhysPolA.131.1006
DO - 10.12693/APhysPolA.131.1006
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85019558399
SN - 0587-4246
VL - 131
SP - 1006
EP - 1008
JO - Acta Physica Polonica A
JF - Acta Physica Polonica A
IS - 4
ER -