Unusual Ground State Properties of the Kondo-Lattice Compound Yb2Ir3Ge5

Details Unusual Ground State Properties of the Kondo-Lattice Compound Yb2Ir3Ge5 Unusual Ground State Properties of the Kondo-Lattice Compound Yb2Ir3Ge5

2003-03-29

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0303618v1

Phys. Rev.B, 68, 054419 (2003)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Strongly Correlated Electrons

9 pages, 4 figures. submitted to Phys. Rev. B

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.68.054419

We report sample preparation, structure, electrical resistivity, magnetic susceptibility and heat capacity studies of a new compound Yb$_2$Ir$_3$Ge$_5$. We find that this compound crystallizes in an orthorhombic structure with a space group PMMN unlike the compound Ce$_2$Ir$_3$Ge$_5$ which crystallizes in the tetragonal IBAM (U$_2$Co$_3$Si$_5$ type) structure. Our resistivity measurements indicate that the compound Yb$_2$Ir$_3$Ge$_5$ behaves like a typical Kondo lattice system with no ordering down to 0.4 K. However, a Curie-Weiss fit of the inverse magnetic susceptibility above 100 K gives an effective moment of only 3.66 $\mu$$_B$ which is considerably less than the theoretical value of 4.54 $\mu$$_B$ for magnetic Yb$^3+$ ions. The value of $\theta_{P}$ = -15.19 K is also considerably higher indicating the presence of strong hybridization. An upturn in the low temperature heat capacity gives an indication that the system may order magnetically just below the lowest temperature of our heat capacity measurements (0.4 K). The structure contains two sites for Yb ions and the present investigation suggests that Yb may be trivalent in one site while it may be significantly lower (close to divalent) in the other.

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