This invention discloses a rare-earth
intermetallic compound with
magnetization steps, its preparation method, and its applications, belonging to the field of functional materials technology. The rare-earth
intermetallic compound is a
dysprosium-gold-
tin single-
crystal material composed of Dy, Au, and Sn elements, with an
atomic ratio of 1:1:1. This material exhibits
magnetization step behavior, and the
magnetization behavior shows a significant
magnetic field orientation dependence. The
magnetoresistance of this material continuously increases with increasing
magnetic field without a significant saturation trend, and it shows a strong correlation
coupling with the low-temperature magnetization step behavior, endowing the material with identifiable and controllable
magnetic field response behavior. The rare-earth
intermetallic compound provided by this invention achieves the synergistic appearance of large
magnetoresistance and magnetization steps while maintaining the
metal conductive channels, giving it unique advantages in applications such as low-temperature high-sensitivity
magnetic sensing, and also providing a reliable
material system for constructing novel functional devices.