Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
1627818 Journal of Alloys and Compounds 2006 6 Pages PDF
Abstract

In filled skutterudites, which have attracted much attention as candidate materials for thermoelectric applications, rare Pr-based heavy-fermion (HF) behaviors have been revealed recently. We review recent studies focusing on PrFe4P12 and PrOs4Sb12; the former shows HF behaviors in high-fields where a quadruple ordering is suppressed, and the latter shows the first known Pr-based HF superconductivity as well as an anomalous field-induced quadruple ordering. We suggest that quadrupole degrees of freedom on the Pr-ions commonly play key roles in these exotic states.

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