On the bad metallicity and phase diagrams of Fe${}_{1+\delta }X$ ($X$ =Te, Se, S, solid solutions): an electrical resistivity study

Abstract

Based on a systematic analysis of the thermal evolution of the resistivities of Fe-based chalcogenides Fe${}_{1+\delta }$Te${}_{1-x}{X}_x$ ($X$= Se, S), it is inferred that their often observed nonmetallic resistivities are related to a presence of two resistive channels: one is a high-temperature thermally-activated process while the other is a low-temperature log-in-$T$ process. On lowering temperature, there are often two metal-to-nonmetall crossover events: one from the high-$T$ thermally-activated nonmetallic regime into a metal-like phase and the other from the log-in-$T$ regime into a second metal-like phase. Based on these events, together with the magnetic and superconducting transitions, a phase diagram is constructed for each series. We discuss the origin of both processes as well as the associated crossover events. We also discuss how these resistive processes are being influenced by pressure, intercalation, disorder, doping, or sample condition and, in turn, how these modifications are shaping the associated phase diagrams.

arXiv comment6 pages, 4 figures, presented at 27th International Conference on Low Temperature Physics,LT27, Argentine, 2014. To be published in J. Phys: conf. series

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