Crystals (Sep 2022)

Ambient Pressure Synthesis of Re-Substituted MnGe and Its Magnetic Properties

  • Vladislav O. Zhupanov,
  • Roman A. Khalaniya,
  • Alexey V. Bogach,
  • Valeriy Yu. Verchenko,
  • Maxim S. Likhanov,
  • Andrei V. Shevelkov

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst12091256
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 9
p. 1256

Abstract

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Due to their non-centrosymmetric structure, B20-type compounds have intriguing properties of chiral magnets and are the objects of study of topological spin textures. Among them is a high-pressure phase MnGe, which demonstrates properties of magnetic skyrmions. We report on the synthesis of an Mn1−xRexGe solid solution with the B20 structure, which can be prepared without the application of high pressure. Mn1−xRexGe (x = 0.169(6)) shows unconventional magnetic behavior, where the Neel temperature is only slightly reduced compared to a chiral-lattice helimagnet MnGe.

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