Anomalous Magnetothermopower in a Metallic Frustrated Antiferromagnet

作者:Arsenijevic Stevan*; Ok Jong Mok; Robinson Peter; Ghannadzadeh Saman; Katsnelson Mikhail I; Kim Jun Sung; Hussey Nigel E*
来源:Physical Review Letters, 2016, 116(8): 087202.
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.116.087202

摘要

We report the temperature T and magnetic field H dependence of the thermopower S of an itinerant triangular antiferromagnet PdCrO2 in high magnetic fields up to 32 T. In the paramagnetic phase, the zero-field thermopower is positive with a value typical of good metals with a high carrier density. In marked contrast to typical metals, however, S decreases rapidly with increasing magnetic field, approaching zero at the maximum field scale for T > 70 K. We argue here that this profound change in the thermoelectric response derives from the strong interaction of the 4d correlated electrons of the Pd ions with the short-range spin correlations of the Cr3+ spins that persist beyond the Neel ordering temperature due to the combined effects of geometrical frustration and low dimensionality.

  • 出版日期2016-2-23

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