Thermophysical and thermomagnetic properties of Heusler compound Ni$_{45}$Co$_{5}$Mn$_{37}$In$_{13}$

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Abstract

Ni$_{45}$Co$_{5}$Mn$_{37}$In$_{13}$ is a Heusler compound that develops a predominant ferromagnetic magnetic moment at temperatures in excess of 270 K, similar to Mn$_{2}$PtGa. Upon cooling Mn$_{2}$PtGa undergoes a paramagnetic-to-ferrimagnetic transition at 230 K, followed by a sharp drop in magnetization at 150 K due to a first-order ferrimagnet-to-antiferromagnetic transition. By analogy, the moment change observed in Ni$_{45}$Co$_{5}$Mn$_{37}$In$_{13}$ at 270 K is due to a first-order magneto-structural transition, where the sample undergoes a predominant ferromagnetic to an antiferromagnetic phase transition, accompanied by a structural phase transition. Experimental data will be given for the heat capacity and heat of magnetization of Ni$_{45}$Co$_{5}$Mn$_{37}$In$_{13}$, as a function of temperature and magnetic field. Thermomagnetic tensor elements will also be reported though the phase transition, i.e. thermal conductivity, thermopower, longitudinal and transverse magnetothermopower or Nernst effect, as a function of magnetic field and temperature. \\[4pt] [1] A. K. Nayak {\&} al., Phys. Rev. Lett. \textbf{110}, 127204 (2013)

*This work is supported by NSF MRSEC Grant No. DMR 1420451.

Authors

  • Joseph P. Heremans

    • Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Department of Physics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
    • Department of Physics and Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Ohio State University - Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
  • Sarah J. Watzman

    • Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA
    • Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Ohio State University - Columbus, Ohio 43210, USA
  • Ajaya K. Nayak

    • Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, N\"othnitzer Strasse 40, D-01187 Dresden, Germany
  • C. Felser

    • Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids Dresden
    • Max Plack Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids
    • Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, N\"othnitzer Strasse 40, D-01187 Dresden, Germany
    • MPI for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden, Germany