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Measurements of the specific heat on the system Ca$_{1-x}$La$_{x}$MnO$_{3}$ (% $x\leq 0.10$) are reported. Particular attention is paid to the effect that doping the parent compound with electrons by substitution of La for Ca has on the…
We studied single-crystals of the antiferromagnetic compound UNi0.5Sb2 (TN ~ 161 K) by means of measurements of magnetic susceptibility (chi), specific heat (Cp), and electrical resistivity (rho) at ambient pressure, and resistivity under…
We observe a singularity in the temperature derivative $d\rho/dT$ of resistivity at the Curie point of high-quality (Ga,Mn)As ferromagnetic semiconductors with $T_c$'s ranging from approximately 80 to 185 K. The character of the anomaly is…
Using a combination of single-crystal neutron scattering and reverse Monte Carlo refinements, we study the magnetic structure of paramagnetic MnO at a temperature (160\,K) substantially below the Curie-Weiss temperature…
We observe an interesting scenario of field induced metastabilities in the resistivity measurements. The resistivity exhibits a bifurcation of zero-field cooled and field-cooled (FC) temperature dependence below the paramagnetic to…
A systematic study of thermomagnetic irreversibility CoS$_{1.76}$Se$_{0.24}$ has been carried out. Our study shows that the resistivity at low temperature can be tuned by cooling in different magnetic fields and the critical field required…
We report thickness dependent metal insulator transition in Ga doped ZnO (Ga:ZnO) thin films grown by pulsed laser deposition technique. From the electrical transport measurements, we find that while the thinnest film exhibits a resistivity…
We present here a simple qualitative model that interpolates between the high and low temperature properties of quasi-1D conductors. At high temperatures we argue that transport is governed by inelastic scattering whereas at low…
We study the effect that the ferromagnetic order has on the electrical properties of Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors. We analyze the temperature dependence of the dielectric constant and of the resistivity of Ga$_{1-x}$Mn$_x$As. In our…
We map out the complete transport phase diagram of the ferromagnetic Heisenberg-Kondo lattice model in two dimensions. The model involves tight-binding electrons with hopping $t$, coupled to classical spins with coupling $J'$, while the…
We have studied the room-temperature magnetoimpedance of paramagnetic (x = 0.06) and ferromagnetic (x = 0.1) samples in La0.7Ca0.3-xSrxMnO3 series using a radio-frequency impedance analyzer and also microwave power absorption using a…
Recently, coexistence of ferromagnetism (T_Curie = 2.8K) and superconductivity (T_sc = 0.8K) has been reported in UCoGe, a compound close to a ferromagnetic instability at ambient pressure P. Here we present resistivity measurements under…
We discuss magnetotransport in a low density electron gas coupled to spin fluctuations near and above a ferromagnetic transition. Provided the density is low enough ($n \lesssim 1/\xi^{3}(T)$, with $\xi(T)$ the ferromagnetic correlation…
Temperature dependent high pressure electrical resistivity studies has been carried out on Ba(Fe_{1-x}Ru_{x})_{2}As_{2} single crystals with x = 0.12, 0.26 and 0.35, which correspond to under doped, optimally doped and over doped…
Electrical resistivity and ac-susceptibility measurements under high pressure were carried out in high-quality single crystals of $\alpha$-Mn. The pressure-temperature phase diagram consists of an antiferromagnetic ordered phase (0<$P$<1.4…
We report on magnetoresistance, Hall and magnetization measurements of Fe2VAl1-xSix Heusler compounds for x= 0.005, 0.015, 0.02. There is a systematic change in the temperature coefficient of resistance (TCR) from negative to positive as…
The magnetic, transport, and structural properties of (Ga,Cr)As are reported. Zincblende Ga$_{1-x}$Cr$_{x}$As was grown by low-temperature molecular beam epitaxy (MBE). At low concentrations, x$\sim$0.1, the materials exhibit unusual…
The resistivity in magnetic materials has been theoretically shown to depend on the spin-spin correlation function which in turn depends on the magnetic-field, the density of conduction electron, the magnetic ordering stability, etc.…
The results of dc magnetization, electrical and magnetoresistance and heat capacity measurements (2-300 K) on Tb7Rh3, crystallizing in Th7Fe3-type hexagonal structure, are reported. In this compound, magnetic ordering sets in around 90 K…
We explain the observed specific heat anomaly (and hence entropy change) in the colossal magnetoresistive manganite Sm0.55Sr0.45MnO3, by introducing phase separation into the current carrier density collapse theory via the notion of the…