Stabilization of Kondo Semiconductor State by Sb Doping of CeNi_{1-δ}Sn_{1+δ} and the General Criterion of Its Appearance

• Authors: J. Spałek , A. Ślebarski
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Semimetallic off-stoichiometric CeNi_{1-δ}Sn_{1+δ-x}Sb_x system with δ≈0.06 is shown to transform into a Kondo semiconductor upon the substitution of few percent of Sb for Sn. The full-gap formation is associated with f-electron localization induced by the combined effect of the collective Kondo-singlet formation and the atomic disorder. Namely, the extra valence electrons introduced with the Sb doping (one per Sb atom) contribute additionally to the formation of the collective Kondo spin-singlet state at low temperatures, as seen by a substantial reduction of the magnetic susceptibility. The precise general definition of the Kondo semiconductor is provided and the difference with either the simple band or the Mott-Hubbard insulators is stressed.

Keywords

EN

71.27.+a; 72.15.Qm; 71.30.+h

Discipline

• 72.15.Qm: Scattering mechanisms and Kondo effect(see also 75.20.Hr Local moments in compounds and alloys; Kondo effect, valence fluctuations, heavy fermions in magnetic properties and materials)
• 71.30.+h: Metal-insulator transitions and other electronic transitions
• 71.27.+a: Strongly correlated electron systems; heavy fermions

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 114
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 7-14

Dates

published

2008-07

received

2007-11-06

Contributors

author

J. Spałek

• Marian Smoluchowski Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Reymonta 4, 30-059 Kraków, Poland

author

A. Ślebarski

• Institute of Physics, University of Silesia, Uniwersytecka 4, 40-007 Katowice, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.114.7