We report the magnetotransport and thermal properties of RuAs_(2) single crystal.RuAs_(2) exhibits semiconductor behavior and localization effect.The crossover from normal state to diffusive transport in the weak loca...We report the magnetotransport and thermal properties of RuAs_(2) single crystal.RuAs_(2) exhibits semiconductor behavior and localization effect.The crossover from normal state to diffusive transport in the weak localization(WL)state and then to variable range hopping(VRH)transport in the strong localization state has been observed.The transitions can be reflected in the measurement of resistivity and Seebeck coefficient.Negative magnetoresistance(NMR)emerges with the appearance of localization effect and is gradually suppressed in high magnetic field.The temperature dependent phase coherence length extracted from the fittings of NMR also indicates the transition from WL to VRH.The measurement of Hall effect reveals an anomaly of temperature dependent carrier concentration caused by localization effect.Our findings show that RuAs_(2) is a suitable platform to study the localized state.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China (Grant Nos.2023YFA1406500 and 2019YFA0308602)the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos.12104011,12274388,12074425,52102333,12104010,12204004,and 11874422)the Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province (Grant Nos.2108085QA22 and 2108085MA16)。
文摘We report the magnetotransport and thermal properties of RuAs_(2) single crystal.RuAs_(2) exhibits semiconductor behavior and localization effect.The crossover from normal state to diffusive transport in the weak localization(WL)state and then to variable range hopping(VRH)transport in the strong localization state has been observed.The transitions can be reflected in the measurement of resistivity and Seebeck coefficient.Negative magnetoresistance(NMR)emerges with the appearance of localization effect and is gradually suppressed in high magnetic field.The temperature dependent phase coherence length extracted from the fittings of NMR also indicates the transition from WL to VRH.The measurement of Hall effect reveals an anomaly of temperature dependent carrier concentration caused by localization effect.Our findings show that RuAs_(2) is a suitable platform to study the localized state.
基金the National Key R&D Program of China(Nos.2018YFC1901805,2018YFC1901801)the Reserve Talents of Young and Middle-aged Academic and Technical Leaders in Yunnan Province,China(No.2018HB009)+1 种基金the Program for Innovative Research Team in University of the Ministry of Education of China(No.IRT-17R48)the Major Project of Science and Technology Department of Yunnan Province,China(No.2019ZE007).
