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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300401303321

Autore

Kanazawa Naoya

Titolo

Charge and Heat Transport Phenomena in Electronic and Spin Structures in B20-type Compounds / / by Naoya Kanazawa

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tokyo : , : Springer Japan : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

4-431-55660-5

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (96 p.)

Collana

Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research, , 2190-5053

Disciplina

621.4022

Soggetti

Superconductivity

Superconductors

Surfaces (Physics)

Interfaces (Physical sciences)

Thin films

Phase transformations (Statistical physics)

Condensed materials

Materials—Surfaces

Strongly Correlated Systems, Superconductivity

Surface and Interface Science, Thin Films

Quantum Gases and Condensates

Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Experimental methods -- Magnetic and transport properties in B20-type germanides -- 3D skyrmion-lattice and topological Hall effect in MnGe -- Skyrmion formation in epitaxial FeGe thin films -- 3D Dirac electrons and large thermoelectric properties in CoGe -- Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This thesis presents systematic experimental research on chiral-lattice crystals referred to as B20-type germanium compounds, especially focusing on skyrmion spin textures and Dirac electrons. An emergent electromagnetic field observed in MnGe demonstrates a formation of three-dimensional skyrmion crystals. Detection of skyrmions in



nanoscale Hall bar devices made of FeGe is realized by measuring the topological Hall effect, a transport property reflecting emergent fields produced by skyrmions. By measuring the electron-filling dependence of thermopower in CoGe, a pronounced thermoelectric property in this compound is revealed to stem from the asymmetric density of states appearing at certain levels of Fermi energy in the Dirac electron state. The three main results named above will contribute to enriching a variety of novel electromagnetic responses of emergent gauge fields in solids, to realizing high-performance skyrmion-based magnetic memory, and to designing high-efficiency thermoelectric materials, respectively.