First-order transitions at the Neel temperatures of trigonal SrMn2P2 and CaMn2P2 single crystals containing corrugated-honeycomb Mn sublattices

N. S. Sangeetha, Santanu Pakhira, Q. -P. Ding +5

Single crystals of SrMn2P2 and CaMn2P2 were grown using Sn flux and characterized by single-crystal x-ray diffraction, electrical resistivity rho, heat capacity Cp, and magnetic su…