Preparation and properties of antiperovskite-type nitrides: InNNi3 and InNCo3

First principles calculations on elasticity, electronic structure and bonding properties of antiperovskites ANTi3 (A=Al, In and Tl)

“…In order to found uniform behavior in this type of materials, some attention has been paid to the related compounds such as AlCNi 3 , CdCNi 3 , GaCNi 3, InCNi 3 and ZnCNi 3 . Only CdCNi 3 was a superconductor at ∼3.4 K [7,8]. The T c temperature is relatively close to those found recently for the new superconductor ZnNyNi 3 at ∼3 K [8].…”

“…Only CdCNi 3 was a superconductor at ∼3.4 K [7,8]. The T c temperature is relatively close to those found recently for the new superconductor ZnNyNi 3 at ∼3 K [8]. On another hand, the lower T c of CdCNi 3 than that of MgCNi 3 was explained by the smaller density of states at the Fermi energy and the enhanced ferromagnetic correlation in CdCNi 3 [6].…”

Spin-glass behavior of Sn0.9Fe3.1N: An experimental and quantum-theoretical study

“…Both nitrides and carbides adopt a simple antiperovskite-like structure in space group Pm3;¯m and feature remarkable properties, such as giant magnetoresistance effect (GMR), 2-4 negative or zero thermal expansion (NTE or ZTE), [5][6][7] nearly zero temperature coefficient of resistance (TCR), 8,9 giant magnetostriction (MS), 10 giant barocaloric effect, 11 spin-glass behavior, [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19] and phase separation. 20 These properties have been mostly found in Mn-based nitrides (AMn 3 N) [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] but recent investigations also focused on Ni-, 17 Co-, 17 and Cr- systems, a frustrated system was described for the amorphous binary alloy Fe x Sn 1−x where structural disorder comes together with site disorder. 25 The magnetisms of Ga 0.9 Fe 3.1 N was analyzed by Mössbauer studies and understood as a kind of "cluster magnetism" where 13-atom Fe clusters are incorporated in a metallic gallium sublattice.…”

“…25 The magnetisms of Ga 0.9 Fe 3.1 N was analyzed by Mössbauer studies and understood as a kind of "cluster magnetism" where 13-atom Fe clusters are incorporated in a metallic gallium sublattice. 26,27 Spin-glass behavior has only been found in several Mn-, [12][13][14][15][16] Co-, 17 Ni-, 17 and Cr-18 based ternary nitrides. Up to the present day, however, there are no investigations of spin-glass behavior in A x Fe 4−x N. The only known Fe-based spin glass is the carbide with the reported composition SnFe 3 C that exhibits a static glassy transition temperature of 20.3 K. 19 In the present study, a comprehensive magnetic characterization of Sn 0.9 Fe 3.1 N is carried out.…”

Elastic, electronic, and optical properties of hypothetical SnNNi3 and CuNNi3 in comparison with superconducting ZnNNi3

“…Further, very recently a set of antiperovskite-like Ni-rich ternary nitrides MNNi 3 (M = Zn, Mg, Cd, Al, Ga and In) has been synthesized and characterized by means of band structure calculations [25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35]. Also the mechanical properties of twelve MNNi 3 -type compounds with M = Zn, Mg, Cd, Al, Ga , In, Sn, Sb, Pd, Cu, Ag and Pt have been examined theoretically [37].…”