Effect of off-stoichiometry and site disorder on the properties of Ni3Al: I. Electrical and magneto-transport

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Abhyankar, A. C. [1 ]
Kaul, S. N. [1 ]
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[1] Univ Hyderabad, Sch Phys, Hyderabad 500046, Andhra Pradesh, India
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10.1088/0953-8984/20/44/445227
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O469 [凝聚态物理学];
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Electrical resistivity, rho(T), and longitudinal magnetoresistance, Delta rho(parallel to)/rho = [rho(parallel to)(T, H) - rho(T, H = 0)]/rho(T, H = 0), of 'as-prepared' Ni(x)Al(100-x) alloys with x = 74.3, 74.8, 75.1 and 76.1 at.% and 'annealed' Ni(75.1)Al(24.9) alloy, measured over wide ranges of temperature and external magnetic field (H), are discussed in the light of existing theoretical models. rho(T) exhibits a non-Fermi liquid (NFL) behaviour at low temperatures in the range 1.7 K <= T <= T(x) (where T(x) decreases from 25 to 21 K as the Ni concentration x increases from 74.3 to 75.1 at.%) in the alloys with x < 76.1 at.%. Compositional disorder (particularly under-stoichiometry) gives rise to stronger deviations from the Fermi liquid behaviour and widens the temperature range over which the NFL behaviour persists whereas site disorder makes the NFL behaviour more prominent, particularly in the stoichiometric composition (Ni(3)Al), and stabilizes the NFL behaviour in any given composition over a much wider temperature range. The main contributions to rho(T) and Delta rho(parallel to)/rho arise from the scattering of conduction electrons from the 'unconventional' spin waves (exchange-enhanced non-propagating spin-density fluctuations) at low temperatures (intermediate temperatures and temperatures close to the Curie point, T(C)). The self-consistent spin fluctuation theory correctly predicts that H leaves the functional dependence of rho on temperature unaltered and quantitatively describes the suppression of the spin-wave and spin-density fluctuation contributions to rho by H in different temperature regimes.
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