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The structure, magnetism and electronic transport properties of Mn3Sn1-xZnxC(x=0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.5)

  • Xinlu Shi
  • , Yongchun Wen*
  • , Daguo Gu
  • , Haijun Hou
  • , Yaheng Zhang
  • , Cong Wang
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Yancheng Institute of Technology

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Abstract

The structure, magnetic and electronic transport properties of the compounds Mn3Sn1-xZnxC (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.5) are investigated. The studies have shown that Zn-doping in the anti-perovskite structure Mn3SnC reduces the cell parameter, but the compounds Mn3Sn1-xZnxC remain cubic anti-perovskite structure. When the temperature is reduced, the magnetization curve changes from PM-FM for Mn3SnC and Mn3Sn0.9Zn0.1C into PM-FM-AFM for Mn3Sn1-xZnxC(x ≥ 0.2). With the increase of doping amount x, both the Tc and the TT reduce, but when x = 0.5, they are raised. In addition, the magnetization of Mn3Sn1-xZnxC is reduced as the doping amount increases. For Mn3Sn1-xZnxC(x = 0, 0.1, 0.2,0.3, 0.4, 0.5) compounds, there exists an anomalous increase in resistivity at a certain temperature that is in agreement with their magnetic transition temperature, and doping Zn in Mn3SnC reduces the resistivity of Mn3SnC.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)934-938
Number of pages5
JournalJournal of Alloys and Compounds
Volume739
DOIs
StatePublished - 30 Mar 2018

Keywords

  • Antiperovskite
  • Curie temperature
  • MnSnC
  • Resistivity

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