Thermodynamic, elastic, and electronic properties of substances with a chiral crystal structure: MnSi, FeSi, and CoSi
S.M. Stishov†,
A.E. Petrova Lebedev Physical Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninsky prosp. 53, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation
Transition metal silicides crystallizing in a B20 chiral structure whose space group P213 does not contain an inversion center feature a number of remarkable properties that have been studied for many decades. We analyze investigations of MnSi, FeSi, and CoSi, the most studied materials of this class, which are a sequence of a magnetic metal, a semiconductor, and a semimetal. Each of these materials exhibits the influence of spatial symmetry on certain features of the electronic and phonon spectra, some of which have been discovered quite recently.
%0 Journal Article
%T Thermodynamic, elastic, and electronic properties of substances with a chiral crystal structure: MnSi, FeSi, and CoSi
%A S. M. Stishov
%A A. E. Petrova
%I Physics-Uspekhi
%D 2023
%J Phys. Usp.
%V 66
%N 6
%P 576-585
%U https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2023/6/b/
%U https://doi.org/10.3367/UFNe.2021.11.039104
Received: 28th, October 2021, accepted: 18th, November 2021