Growth and characterization of BaZnGa

Na Hyun Jo, Qisheng Lin, Manh Cuong Nguyen, Udhara S. Kaluarachchi, William R. Meier, Soham Manni, Savannah S. Downing, Anna E. Böhmer, Tai Kong, Yang Sun, Valentin Taufour, Cai Zhuang Wang, Kai Ming Ho, Sergey L. Bud’ko, Paul C. Canfield

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Abstract

We report the growth, structure and characterization of BaZnGa, identifying it as the sole known ternary compound in the Ba–Zn–Ga system. Single crystals of BaZnGa can be grown out of excess Ba–Zn and adopt a tI36 structure type. There are three unique Ba sites and three M = Zn/Ga sites. Using DFT calculations we can argue that whereas one of these three M sites is probably solely occupied by Ga, the other two M sites, most likely, have mixed Zn/Ga occupancy. Temperature-dependent resistivity and magnetization measurements suggest that BaZnGa is a poor metal with no electronic or magnetic phase transitions between 1.8 and 300 K.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)3317-3324
Number of pages8
JournalPhilosophical Magazine
Volume97
Issue number35
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 12 2017
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Material discovery
  • crystal growth
  • crystal structure
  • density functional theory
  • physical properties

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Condensed Matter Physics

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