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Chin. Phys. B, 2024, Vol. 33(9): 098101    DOI: 10.1088/1674-1056/ad553b
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Single crystal growth and characterization of 166-type magnetic kagome metals

Huangyu Wu(吴黄宇)1,2, Jinjin Liu(刘锦锦)1,2, Yongkai Li(李永恺)1,2,4, Peng Zhu(朱鹏)1,2, Liu Yang(杨柳)1,2, Fuhong Chen(陈富红)1,2, Deng Hu(胡灯)1,2, and Zhiwei Wang(王秩伟)1,2,3,4,†
1 Centre for Quantum Physics, Key Laboratory of Advanced Optoelectronic Quantum Architecture and Measurement (MOE), School of Physics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China;
2 Beijing Key Laboratory of Nanophotonics and Ultrafine Optoelectronic Systems, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China;
3 Beijing Institute of Technology, Zhuhai 519000, China;
4 Material Science Center, Yangtze Delta Region Academy of Beijing Institute of Technology, Jiaxing 314011, China
Abstract  Kagome magnets were predicted to be a good platform to investigate correlated topology band structure, Chern quantum phase, and geometrical frustration due to their unique lattice geometry. Here we reported single crystal growth of 166-type kagome magnetic materials, including HfMn$_{6}$Sn$_{6}$, ZrMn$_{6}$Sn$_{6}$, GdMn$_{6}$Sn$_{6}$ and GdV$_{6}$Sn$_{6}$, by using the flux method with Sn as the flux. Among them, HfMn$_{6}$Sn$_{6}$ and ZrMn$_{6}$Sn$_{6}$ single crystals were grown for the first time. X-ray diffraction measurements reveal that all four samples crystallize in HfFe$_{6}$Ge$_{6}$-type hexagonal structure with space group P6/mmm. All samples show metallic behavior from temperature dependence of resistivity measurements, and the dominant carrier is hole, except for GdV$_{6}$Sn$_{6}$ which is electron dominated. All samples have magnetic order with different transition temperatures, HfMn$_{6}$Sn$_{6}$, ZrMn$_{6}$Sn$_{6}$ and GdV$_{6}$Sn$_{6}$ are antiferromagnetic with $T_{\rm N}$ of 541 K, 466 K and 4 K respectively, while GdMn$_{6}$Sn$_{6}$ is ferrimagnetic with the critical temperature of about 470 K. This study will enrich the research platform of magnetic kagome materials and help explore the novel quantum phenomena in these interesting materials. The dataset of specific crystal structure parameters for HfMn$_{6}$Sn$_{6}$ are available in Science Data Bank, with the link https://doi.org/10.57760/sciencedb.j00113.00120.
Keywords:  kagome metal      single crystal growth      crystal structure      physical property  
Received:  23 May 2024      Revised:  05 June 2024      Accepted manuscript online:  07 June 2024
PACS:  81.10.-h (Methods of crystal growth; physics and chemistry of crystal growth, crystal morphology, and orientation)  
  71.55.Ak (Metals, semimetals, and alloys)  
  75.47.-m (Magnetotransport phenomena; materials for magnetotransport)  
Fund: Project supported by the Beijing Natural Science Foundation (Grant No. Z210006), the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant Nos. 2022YFA1403400 and 2020YFA0308800), and the Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics (Grant No. 2023BNLCMPKF007).
Corresponding Authors:  Zhiwei Wang     E-mail:  zhiweiwang@bit.edu.cn

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Huangyu Wu(吴黄宇), Jinjin Liu(刘锦锦), Yongkai Li(李永恺), Peng Zhu(朱鹏), Liu Yang(杨柳), Fuhong Chen(陈富红), Deng Hu(胡灯), and Zhiwei Wang(王秩伟) Single crystal growth and characterization of 166-type magnetic kagome metals 2024 Chin. Phys. B 33 098101

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