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.
RT Journal
T1 Thermodynamic, elastic, and electronic properties of substances with a chiral crystal structure: MnSi, FeSi, and CoSi
A1 Stishov,S.M.
A1 Petrova,A.E.
PB Physics-Uspekhi
PY 2023
FD 10 Jun, 2023
JF Physics-Uspekhi
JO Phys. Usp.
VO 66
IS 6
SP 576-585
DO 10.3367/UFNe.2021.11.039104
LK https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2023/6/b/
Received: 28th, October 2021, accepted: 18th, November 2021