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Insulator-metal transition in BaCo 0.9 Ni 0.1 S 2 − y Se y
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Insulator-metal transition in BaCo 0.9 Ni 0.1 S 2 − y Se y

J. W. Schweitzer, L. S. Martinson, N. C. Baenziger, D. C. Swenson, Victor G. Young and Ilia Guzei
Physical review. B, Condensed matter, Vol.62(19), pp.12792-12799
11/2000
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.62.12792

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Abstract

Compounds of the Se-doped layered transition-metal sulfide series BaCo0.9Ni0.1S2−ySey(y<~0.4) were prepared and structural, magnetic, and electrical properties were investigated. These compounds exhibit the unusual first-order antiferromagnetic semiconductor to paramagnetic metal transition with decreasing temperature that was previously seen in the sulfur-deficient BaCo1−xNixS2−y series. This transition is associated with a major structural change. The previously unknown crystal structure of the low-temperature phase is reported. Electrical resistance and magnetic susceptibility measurements are used to construct the phase diagram for BaCo0.9Ni0.1S2−ySey. Doping with Se increases the insulator-metal transition temperature, but has very little effect on other properties since it substitutes for S only in the BaS layers.

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