Effect of impurity phases on the anisotropic transport properties of CeNiSn

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作者
Nakamoto, G. [1 ]
Takabatake, T. [1 ]
Bando, Y. [1 ]
Fujii, H. [1 ]
Izawa, K. [2 ]
Suzuki, T. [2 ]
Fujita, T. [2 ]
Minami, A. [2 ]
Oguro, I. [3 ]
Tai, L. T. [4 ]
Menovsky, A. A. [4 ]
机构
[1] Hiroshima Univ, Fac Integrated Arts & Sci, Higashihiroshima 724, Japan
[2] Hiroshima Univ, Fac Sci, Higashihiroshima 724, Japan
[3] Univ Tokyo, Inst Solid State Phys, Tokyo 106, Japan
[4] Univ Amsterdam, Van der Waals Zeeman Lab, NL-1012 WX Amsterdam, Netherlands
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10.1016/0921-4526(94)00602-R
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O469 [凝聚态物理学];
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070205 ;
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We report on the measurements of resistivity, magnetoresistance, thermopower and specific heat on several single crystals of CeNiSn. As impurities of CeNi2Sn2 and Ce oxide increase up to about 3%, both the anisotropy and coherence in transport properties are smeared out. The increase in resistivity below 10 K is stronger for less pure crystal, which suggests strong localization of residual carriers in the pseudogap.
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