J. Mater. Sci. Technol. ›› 2020, Vol. 42: 106-112.DOI: 10.1016/j.jmst.2019.12.001

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Structure and magnetic properties of YCo5 compound at high pressures

E. Burzoab*(), P. Vlaicc, D.P. Kozlenkod, N.O. Golosovad, S.E. Kichanovd, B.N. Savenkod, A. Ostlinef, L. Chioncelef   

  1. a Faculty of Physics, Babes-Bolyai University 40084 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
    b Romanian Academy of Science, Cluj-Napoca Branch, Cluj-Napoca 400015, Romania
    c University of Medicine and Pharmacy “Iuliu Hatieganu”, Physics and Biophysics Department Cluj-Napoca, Romania
    d Frank Laboratory of Neutron Physics, Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, 141980 Dubna, Russia
    e Theoretical Physics III, Center for Electronic Correlations and Magnetism, Institute of Physics, University of Augsburg, D-86135 Augsburg, Germany
    f Augsburg Center for Innovative Technologies (ACIT), D-86135 Augsburg, Germany
  • Received:2019-05-16 Revised:2019-07-15 Accepted:2019-09-04 Published:2020-04-01 Online:2020-04-16
  • Contact: Burzo E.

Abstract:

The crystal structure and magnetic properties of YCo5 compound have been studied by neutron diffraction, in the pressure range 0 ≤ p ≤ 7.2 GPa. The cobalt moments decrease with pressure, parallelly with anisotropic changes of lattice parameters. The experimental data are analyzed together with results from the combined Density Functional and Dynamical Mean-Field Theory. A rather good agreement between the experimentally determined and calculated values of cobalt moments is shown. Our scenario for the behavior of YCo5 under pressure, is the combined action of the Lifshitz transition with a strong local electron-electron interaction.

Key words: Intermetallic compound, Pressure study, Magnetic properties, Band structure