Magnetic Behavior of Single Crystalline Pr_{5}Ge_{3} and Tb_{5}Ge_{3}Compounds

TL;DR

This study investigates the magnetic properties of single crystalline Pr_{5}Ge_{3} and Tb_{5}Ge_{3} compounds, revealing complex magnetic transitions and anisotropies through magnetization measurements.

Contribution

First detailed magnetization analysis of Pr_{5}Ge_{3} and Tb_{5}Ge_{3} single crystals grown by Czochralski method, highlighting their magnetic transitions and anisotropic behaviors.

Findings

Pr_{5}Ge_{3} exhibits ferromagnetic correlations at 36 K and antiferromagnetic transition at 13 K.

Tb_{5}Ge_{3} orders antiferromagnetically at 85 K with field-induced ferromagnetism at 2 K.

Hexagonal ab plane is the easy axis of magnetization for both compounds.

Abstract

The results of the magnetization studies on Pr_{5}Ge_{3}and Tb_{5}Ge_{3} single crystals are reported. Single Crystals of Pr_{5}Ge_{3} and Tb_{5}Ge_{3} compounds were successfully grown by Czochralski method. These compounds crystallize in a Mn_{5}Si_{3} type hexagonal structure with space group P6_{3}/mcm. Ferromagnetic correlations set in at around 36 K in Pr_{5}Ge_{3} in the ab plane followed by an antiferromagnetic transition at 13 K. Along the c-axis the magnetization shows a ferromagnetic transition around 13 K with an overall ferrimagnetic behavior. At 2K, the magnetic isotherm of the compound along [0001] direction is typical for a ferromagnet, while a field induced ferromagnetic type response is observed along the [10\overline{\mathit{1}}0] direction. Hexagonal ab plane or [10\overline{\mathit{1}}0] direction was found to be the easy axis of magnetization. Tb_{5}Ge_{3} orders antiferromagneticaly at 85 K with the hexagonal ab plane as easy axis of magnetization. The compound shows a field induced ferromagnetic behavior in its magnetic isotherm at 2 K.