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In this Letter, we studied the electrical transport, magnetic property, magnetoresistance and anomalous Hall properties of La-, Sm-, Ho-, and Dy-doped quasi-two dimensional K0.58RhO2 single crystals. At low temperature (<10K), a significant magnetoresistance (36%) can be observed in these samples. Accordingly, the "glassy ferromagnetism" is revealed by temperature-dependent magnetization in these samples. The significant magnetoresistance is related to the granular ferromagnetism. The unconventional anomalous Hall effect is also observed in magnetic atoms doped samples. Our finding shields more light on the magnetic, magnetoresistance, and anomalous Hall properties of quasi-two-dimensional material systems doped with magnetic ions. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Electrical property evolution of Bi2AE2Co2O8+δ single crystals (AE = Ca, Sr and Ba) is systematically explored. When AE changes from Ca to Ba, the electrical property of Bi2Ca2Co2O8+δ and Bi2Sr2Co2O8+δ demonstrates semiconductor-like properties. But Bi2Ba2Co2O8+δ shows the metallic behavior. Analysis of temperature-dependent resistance substantiates that from metallic Bi2Ba2Co2O8+δ to semiconductor-like Bi2Sr2Co2O8+δ can be attributed to Anderson localization. However the semiconductor behaviour of Bi2Sr2Co2O8+δ and Bi2Ca2Co2O8+δ is related to electronic correlations effect that is inferred by large negative magnetoresistance (70%). The theoretical electronic structures and valence X-ray photoemission spectroscopy substantiate that there is a relative large density of state around Fermi level in Bi2Ba2Co2O8+δ compared with other two compounds. It suggests that Bi2Ba2Co2O8+δ is more apt to be metal in this material system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]