Low-temperature physical properties and electronic structures of Ni3Sb, Ni5Sb2, NiSb2, and NiSb

doi:10.1088/1674-1056/24/6/067201

Abstract

We report the results of low temperature resistivity and magnetization measurements on polycrystalline samples of four Ni–Sb compounds, Ni₃Sb, Ni₅Sb₂, NiSb, and NiSb₂. Resistivity measurements revealed that these compounds exhibit a metallic type of electrical conductivity. Temperature dependences of the resistivities were well fitted by the generalized Bloch–Grüneisen formula with an exponent of n=3, indicating that the s–d interband scattering is the dominant scattering mechanism. The magnetic susceptibilities of Ni₅Sb₂, NiSb, and NiSb₂ are almost independent of temperature (above 150 K), exhibiting Pauli paramagnetic behavior. The temperature dependences of the susceptibilities were fitted using the Curie–Weiss law. Ni₃Sb was found to have a paramagnetic–ferromagnetic phase transition at 229 K.
First-principles calculations have been performed to investigate the electronic structures and physical properties of these Ni–Sb alloys. The calculation of the band structure predicted that Ni₃Sb, Ni₅Sb₂, NiSb, and NiSb₂ have characteristics of metal, and the ground state of Ni₃Sb is ferromagnetic. The electrical and magnetic properties observed experimentally are consistent with that predicted by the first-principle electronic structure calculations.

Keywords: Ni-Sb alloys resistivity susceptibility electronic structure

Received: 19 January 2015
Revised: 06 February 2015
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PACS:	72.15.Eb	(Electrical and thermal conduction in crystalline metals and alloys)
	75.20.En	(Metals and alloys)
	71.20.Be	(Transition metals and alloys)

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Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 21271183) and the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant Nos. 2011CBA00112 and 2011CB808202).

Corresponding Authors: Dong Cheng
E-mail: chengdon@aphy.iphy.ac.cn

About author: 72.15.Eb; 75.20.En; 71.20.Be

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Luo Xiao-Ning (罗肖宁), Dong Cheng (董成), Liu Shi-Kai (刘世凯), Zhang Zi-Ping (张子平), Li Ao-Lei (李傲雷), Yang Li-Hong (杨立红), Li Xiao-Chuan (李晓川) Low-temperature physical properties and electronic structures of Ni₃Sb, Ni₅Sb₂, NiSb₂, and NiSb 2015 Chin. Phys. B 24 067201

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