Record Increase in the Curie Temperature up to Room Values in the Noncentrosymmetric Magnet Mn1 – xRhxSi
摘要
The magnetic properties of Mn1–xRhxSi solid solutions with a noncentrosymmetric structure B20 synthesized at a pressure of 8 GPa and temperatures of 1500–1770 K have been studied in detail in a wide temperature range of 2–300 K in magnetic fields up to 9 T. An anomalous increase in the Curie temperature TC of compounds with 0.15 ≤ x ≤ 0.8 by a factor of 8.4–11.5 compared to the pure helical magnet MnSi has been found. It has been established that the Curie temperature TC increases with the rhodium content to TC(x = 0.15) = (244 ± 4) K, TC(x = 0.4) = (299 ± 5) K, and TC(x = 0.8) = (334 ± 6) K. Uniquely high magnetic transition temperatures up to room values occur in the disordered ferromagnetic Griffiths phase and may be due to the spin-fluctuation mechanism of enhancement of the magnetic interaction.