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Thermoelectricity of EuCu2(Ge1-xSix)2 intermetallics

Veljko Zlatic, R. Monnier, J. Freericks

cond-mat.str-elarXiv:cond-mat/0512261

Abstract

The evolution of the thermopower EuCu2(Ge1-xSix)2 intermetallics, which is induced by the Si-Ge substitution, is explained by the Kondo scattering of conduction electrons on the Eu ions which fluctuate between the magnetic 2+ and non-magnetic 3+ Hund's rule configurations. The Si-Ge substitution is equivalent to chemical pressure which modifies the coupling and the relative occupation of the f and conduction states.

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