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Giant magnetoresistance in semiconducting DyNiBi

Claudia FelserFrederick Casper

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ParamagnetismMagnetizationColossal magnetoresistanceMaterials scienceCondensed matter physicsMagnetoresistanceImpurityPhase (matter)Materials ChemistryGiant magnetoresistanceGeneral ChemistryMetal–insulator transitionCondensed Matter Physics

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Abstract The semiconducting half-Heulser compound DyNiBi shows a negative giant magnetoresistance (GMR) below 200 K. Except for a weak deviation, this magnetoresistance scales roughly with the square of the magnetization in the paramagnetic state, and is related to the metal–insulator transition. At low temperature, a positive magnetoresistance is found, which can be suppressed by high fields. The magnitude of the positive magnetoresistance changes slightly with the amount of impurity phase.

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssc.2008.08.027