Thermodynamic, elastic, and electronic properties of substances with a chiral crystal structure: MnSi, FeSi, and CoSi

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.

Keywords: transition metals, phonons, elastic constants, electronic properties, magnetic properties
PACS: 62.20.D−, 63.20.−e, 65.40.Ba, 71.20.Be, 72.15.−v, 75.47.Np (all)
DOI: 10.3367/UFNe.2021.11.039104
URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2023/6/b/
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Citation: Stishov S M, Petrova A E "Thermodynamic, elastic, and electronic properties of substances with a chiral crystal structure: MnSi, FeSi, and CoSi" Phys. Usp. 66 576–585 (2023)

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Received: 28th, October 2021, accepted: 18th, November 2021

Оригинал: Стишов С М, Петрова А Е «Термодинамические, упругие и электронные свойства веществ с киральной кристаллической структурой: MnSi, FeSi и CoSi» УФН 193 614–624 (2023); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.2021.11.039104

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