title: Magnetic and transport properties of single crystal LnRu2Al10 (Ln = Pr, Gd, Yb).
abstract: Single crystals of LnRu(2)Al(10) (Ln = Pr, Gd, Yb) have been grown using the self-flux method, their structure has been determined by single crystal x-ray diffraction, and their magnetic and electronic transport properties have been studied. LnRu(2)Al(10) are members of the Y bFe(2)Al(10) structure type with space group Cmcm. PrRu(2)Al(10) displays paramagnetic behaviour down to 13.2 K, at which temperature it enters a non-magnetic singlet ground state, with a large paramagnetic Curie-Weiss temperature of - 49.8(14) K. GdRu(2)Al(10) orders antiferromagnetically at 15.5 K. Y bRu(2)Al(10) is a Pauli paramagnet indicating that the Yb is divalent. The properties of these three analogues are compared with LnM(2)Al(10) (M=Fe, Ru, Os).
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803-1804, USA.
authors.forename: Gregory
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Morrison
authors.forename: Neel
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Haldoaarachchige
authors.forename: David P
authors.initials: DP
authors.lastname: Young
authors.forename: Julia Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Chan