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Large magnetoresistance at room temperature in the off-stochiometric chalcogenide Cr0.92Te

Wolfgang TremelT. Block

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Materials scienceMagnetoresistanceCondensed matter physicsScatteringChalcogenideMechanical EngineeringMetals and AlloysMagnetic fieldCondensed Matter::Materials Sciencechemistry.chemical_compoundFerromagnetismchemistryMechanics of MaterialsPhase (matter)Materials ChemistryCurie temperatureCondensed Matter::Strongly Correlated ElectronsStoichiometry

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Abstract We present the electronic and magnetic properties of the transition chalcogenide Cr0.92Te. The compound is the hexagonal counterpart to the hypothetical half-metallic ferromagnet CrTe. The off-stochiometric phase crystallizes in the hexagonal NiAs-type structure P63/mmm. New magnetotransport results show a large magnetoresistance (MR) of 5.5% at room temperature in a magnetic field of 8 T. The remarkable MR-effect can be explained with spin-dependent scattering below the Curie temperature.

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2006-09-01Journal of Alloys and Compounds
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2005.11.080