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. 2015 Jun 5;1(5):e1500242. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1500242

Fig. 2. Physical properties of RPdBi single crystals, focusing on evolution of magnetic order with rare earth species R = Sm, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, and Tm.

Fig. 2

(A) Magnetic susceptibility M/H of RPdBi members with magnetic R species, showing Curie-Weiss behavior and clear, abrupt decreases in M/H denoting antiferromagnetic (AFM) transitions. Inset: Data for nonmagnetic YPdBi and LuPdBi, exhibiting diamagnetic behavior. (B and C) Low-temperature zoom of M/H for Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, and Tm (B) and for Gd and Sm (C), with arrows indicating Néel temperatures. (Note: 1 emu/mol Oe = 4π × 10−6 m3/mol.) (D) Magnetization M at 2 K for magnetic rare earth members R = Sm, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, and Tm. f.u., formula unit. (E) Electrical resistivity of all members in the temperature range of 2 to 300 K, showing nonmonotonic temperature dependence in all species. Inset: Charge carrier density nH obtained from single-band analysis of Hall effect measurements performed at 1.8 K (see text). The sign of all carriers is positive.