Specific heat studies on Ru substituted FeSi Kondo Insulator

The temperature dependent specific heat studies of a Ru substituted Fe 1− x Ru x Si Kondo Insulating system has been carried out in the 77 to 300 K range. The specific heat has been analyzed based on contributions from an electronic part and a lattice part. For the electronic part a Gaussian density...

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Published in:Solid state communications 2008-06, Vol.146 (9), p.391-394
Main Authors: Mani, Awadhesh, Janaki, J., Sen, Soubhadra, Bharathi, A., Hariharan, Y.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
A. FeSi
Condensed matter: electronic structure, electrical, magnetic, and optical properties
D. Heat capacity
D. Kondo insulator
Electronic conduction in metals and alloys
Electronic transport in condensed matter
Exact sciences and technology
Physics
Scattering mechanisms and kondo effect
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Summary:The temperature dependent specific heat studies of a Ru substituted Fe 1− x Ru x Si Kondo Insulating system has been carried out in the 77 to 300 K range. The specific heat has been analyzed based on contributions from an electronic part and a lattice part. For the electronic part a Gaussian density of states model, which incorporates the effect of correlation, band structure and disorder in its defining parameters is used. The lattice part of specific heat is described in the Debye model. Parameters that define the electronic density of states and the Debye temperature are extracted from fits of the temperature dependent specific heat data and are compared with earlier resistivity measurements that employed a similar analysis.
ISSN:0038-1098
1879-2766
DOI:10.1016/j.ssc.2008.03.031