Anomalous magnetoresistance and magnetocaloric behaviour in layered intermetallic compound NdRu2Si2

Abstract The magnetoresistance (MR) and magnetocaloric properties of naturally occurring layered compound NdRu2Si2 with a Neel temperature TN = 24 K have been investigated in the temperature range 60 ≥ T ≥ 1.8 K. It has been shown that a high external magnetic field greatly modifies the MR properties of the compound which in its low temperature ferromagnetic state (T