Observation of unusual hysteretic magnetic properties of the rare earth intermetallic compound PrMnSi2: magnetic susceptibility, magnetization, heat capacity, and electronic band structure studies.

Sang-Hwan Kim (1) , Dong-Kyun Seo (1) , Reinhard K. Kremer (2) , Jürgen Köhler (2) , Antoine Villesuzanne (3) , Myung-Hwan Whangbo (4)

1 Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry [Tempe]
2 Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung
3 ICMCB - Institut de Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Bordeaux
4 Department of Chemistry, North Carolina Raleigh

The magnetic properties of the rare earth intermetallic compound PrMnSi2 were characterized by carrying out magnetic susceptibility, magnetization, and heat capacity measurements and performing APW+lo/LDA+U electronic band structure calculations for several ordered spin states of PrMnSi2...

Mots clés: Magnetic properties; Rare earth; Intermetallic compound; PrMnSi2; Magnetic susceptibility; Characterization; Calculation; Band structure

Domaines: Matériaux

Sang-Hwan Kim, Dong-Kyun Seo, Reinhard K. Kremer, Jürgen Köhler, Antoine Villesuzanne, et al.. Observation of unusual hysteretic magnetic properties of the rare earth intermetallic compound PrMnSi2: magnetic susceptibility, magnetization, heat capacity, and electronic band structure studies.. Chemistry of Materials, 2005, 17 (14), pp.3711-3716. ⟨10.1021/cm050622p⟩. ⟨hal-00015098⟩