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Magnetic properties RMn2Ge2 compounds where R is La, Ce, Pr, Nd, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, and Th have been investigated from 4.2 to 500 K. LaMn2Ge2, CeMn2Ge2, PrMn2Ge2, and NdMn2Ge2 are ferromagnetic with Curie temperatures of 306, 316, 334, and 334 K, respectively. The heavy rare-earth compounds do not order ferromagnetically until low temperatures. GdMn2Ge2 shows a sharp magnetic transition at 97 K both in the magnetization-vs-temperature and resistivity-vs-temperature data. For this compound, it is proposed that above 97 K the Mn moments order antiferromagnetically among themselves while the Gd moments are disordered. Below 97 K the Mn moments couple ferromagnetically with each other but are opposed to the ordered Gd sublattice. Magnetic moment obtained at 4.2 K can be explained for all the compounds on the basis of an antiferromagnetic coupling between Mn and rare-earth spins.

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Anomalous change in ferroelectric polarization under illumination of monochromatic light.