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Nearly ferromagnetic metal state in the collapsed tetragonal phase of YFe₂(Ge,Si)₂

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arxiv 1608.01130 v1 pith:DZ5WDA3W submitted 2016-08-03 cond-mat.str-el

Nearly ferromagnetic metal state in the collapsed tetragonal phase of YFe₂(Ge,Si)₂

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The surprising discovery of tripling the superconducting critical temperature of KFe$_2$As$_2$ at high pressures issued an intriguing question of how the superconductivity in the collapsed tetragonal phase differs from that in the non-collapsed phases of Fe-based superconductors. Here we report $^{89}$Y nuclear magnetic resonance study of YFe$_2$Ge$_{x}$Si$_{2-x}$ compounds whose electronic structure is similar to that of iron-pnictide collapsed tetragonal phases already at ambient pressure. Fe(Ge,Si) layers show strong ferromagnetic spin fluctuations whereas layers are coupled antiferromagnetically -- both positioning the studied family close to a quantum critical point. Next, localized moments attributed either to Fe interstitial or antisite defects may account for magnetic impurity pair-breaking effects thus explaining the substantial variation of superconductivity among different YFe$_2$Ge$_2$ samples.

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