Magnetization and transport properties of single RPd${_2}$P${_2}$ (R=Y, La-Nd, Sm-Ho, Yb)

Single crystals of RPd${_2}$P${_2}$ (R=Y, La-Nd, Sm-Ho, Yb) were grown using a self-flux method and were characterized by room-temperature powder X-ray diffraction, anisotropic temperature and field dependent magnetization and temperature dependent in-plane resistivity. Anisotropic magnetic properties, arising mostly from crystal electric field (CEF) effects, were observed for most magnetic rare earths. The experimentally estimated CEF parameters B$^2_0$ were calculated from the anisotropic paramagnetic $\theta_{ab} $ and $ \theta_{c} $values. Ordering temperatures, as well as the polycrystalline averaged paramagnetic Curie-Weiss temperature, $\theta_{ave}$, were extracted from magnetization and resistivity measurements.