Published March 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

Strongly correlated electron phenomena in Pr-based filled skutterudite compounds

  • 1. Department of Physics and Institute for Pure and Applied Physical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA (United States)
  • 2. Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw (Poland)

Description

Recent experiments on the Pr-based filled skutterudite arsenides and antimonides PrOs4Sb12, Pr(Os1-xRux)4Sb12, Pr1-xNdxOs4Sb12, PrFe4As12, PrRu4As12, and PrOs4As12 are reviewed. The heavy fermion compound PrOs4Sb12 exhibits unconventional strong-coupling superconductivity below Tc=1.85K that breaks time reversal symmetry, apparently consists of several distinct superconducting phases, and may involve triplet spin pairing of electrons. Studies of the alloy systems Pr(Os1-xRux)4Sb12 and Pr1-xNdxOs4Sb12 revealed rich T-x phase diagrams and a strong suppression of the high field ordered phase and the unconventional superconductivity of PrOs4Sb12 with Ru substitution. Among the three Pr-based filled skutterudite arsenides, PrFe4As12 has a ferromagnetic ground state, PrRu4As12 exhibits conventional BCS superconductivity, and PrOs4As12 is an antiferromagnet

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.jmmm.2006.10.508;
PII
S0304-8853(06)01151-6;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
Journal Volume
310
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 182-187
ISSN
0304-8853
CODEN
JMMMDC

Conference

Title
17. international conference on magnetism
Dates
20-25 Aug 2006
Place
Kyoto (Japan)

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Copyright
Copyright (c) 2006 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.