title: Chemical Tuning of Magnetic Properties through Ru/Rh Substitution in Th7Fe3-type FeRh6-nRunB3(n = 1-5) Series.
abstract: The new quaternary boride series FeRh6-nRunB3(n = 1-5) was synthesized by arc melting and characterized by powder and single-crystal X-ray diffraction (XRD), energy-dispersive X-ray analysis, and superconducting quantum interference device magnetometry. Single-crystal structure refinement showed the distribution of the iron atoms in two of three possible crystallographic 4d metal sites in the structure (Th7Fe3-type, space group P63mc). Rietveld refinements of the powder XRD data indicated single-phase synthesis of all the members. A linear decrease of the lattice parameters and the unit cell volume with increasing Ru content was found, indicating Vegard's behavior. Susceptibility measurements show decreasing Curie temperature and magnetic moment (μa5T) recorded at 5 T with increasing Ru content from TC= 295 K and μa5T= 3.35 μB(FeRh5RuB3) to TC= 205 K and μa5T= 0.70 μB(FeRhRu5B3). The measured coercivities lie between 1.0 and 2.2 kA/m indicating soft to semihard magnetic materials.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of California Riverside , Riverside, California 92521, United States.
authors.forename: Pritam
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Shankhari
authors.affiliation: Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University , D-52056 Aachen, Germany.
authors.forename: Patrick R N
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Misse
authors.affiliation: Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University , D-52056 Aachen, Germany.
authors.forename: Mohammed
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mbarki
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of California Riverside , Riverside, California 92521, United States.
authors.forename: Hyounmyung
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of California Riverside , Riverside, California 92521, United States.|Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University , D-52056 Aachen, Germany.
authors.forename: Boniface P T
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9802-7815
authors.initials: BP
authors.lastname: Fokwa