Pressure induced changes of magnetic phase transitions in RCo4B compounds

Magnetocaloric effect in CeCo4B compound

“…X-ray data was indexed according to the hexagonal CaCu 5 -type structure with the space group P6/mmm using the standard pattern matching method of the FULLPROF [19] program. The lattice parameters a (5.0174Å) and c (6.9412Å) obtained for CeCo 4 B are in good agreement with previously reported values in the literature [20]. The temperature dependence of the magnetisation in the temperature range 5-300 K at 5 mT is shown in Fig.…”

Relation between crystal structure and physical properties of Rn+1M5+3nB2n phases

“…For the non-magnetic elements, the magnetic properties are determined by the Co sublattice only and should in principle be the same, nevertheless significant differences have been shown to occurs. Indeed, the YCo 4 B phase undergoes a spin reorientation transition but the LaCo 4 B does not exhibit the same behaviour [16,[35][36][37][38]. This structure type has also been found to be retained with uranium leading to a nonmagnetic UCo 4 B compound [39].…”

The correlation between the electronic structure and elastic properties of nanolaminates

“…and the Curie temperature of 375 K, based on SQUID and susceptibility measurements. 76 Y in Y n+1 Co 3n+5 B 2n compounds can be replaced with rare-earth elements, for instance cerium, 76,77 gadolinium, 76 and terbium. 78 As n increases from 1 to (data for YCo 4 B can be found in Table I), the bulk modulus and the C 44 elastic constant increase from 187 GPa and 98 GPa to 206 GPa and 126 GPa, respectively.…”