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PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
Volume 102, Issue 11, Pages -Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.117005
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- Nature Science Foundation of China
- Ministry of Science and Technology of China [2006CB601001]
- National Basic Research Program of China [2006CB922005]
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We report that sizable single crystals of BaFe2As2 have been grown with the self-flux method. Measurements and anisotropy of intrinsic transport and magnetic properties from high-quality single crystal are first presented. The resistivity anisotropy (rho(c)/rho(ab)) is as large as 150 and independent of temperature. In contrast to the susceptibility behavior observed in polycrystalline samples, no Curie-Weiss behavior is observed, and a linear-T dependent susceptibility occurs from the spin-density-wave transition temperature, (T-s), to 700 K. This result suggests that strong antiferromagnetic correlations are present well above T-s. A twofold symmetry of susceptibility in the ab plane indicates a stripelike spin structure as observed by neutron scattering. The resistivity minimum is strongly dependent on the magnetic field, suggesting that the upturn of the resistivity at low temperatures should be related to spin fluctuation.
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