Table 1. Overview of the structural transitions of transition-metal pnictide (TPn) compounds exhibiting the MnP-type structure.
The reference shorthands are explained below the table. FM indicates ferromagnetic order; ∥c indicates ferromagnetically ordered spins oriented along the c axis; HM indicates helimagnetic order; ↑c indicates helimagnetic propagation vector along the c axis; FS indicates full structure; UC indicates unit-cell parameters; TE indicates thermal expansion. Reference 9 is in parentheses to indicte it is relevant but does not directly give actual data.
| Transition | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TPn | Magnetic order | Order | Structure (cooling) | Temperature | Hysteresis | Pressure | Available structural data | Superconductivity |
| CrP | No[1] | Second[1] | (NiAs→MnP)[1] | [>1350 (50) K][1] | – | Ambient | FS: 1.2 K, 4.2 K, 293 K[1] 17 K, 81 K, 293 K[2] 293 K[3–6] | – |
| UC: 4–1200 K[7] | ||||||||
| MnP | FM (∥c)[8] | Second[9] | MnP→MnP[10] | 291.5 (2) K[11] | – | Ambient (suppressed by p) | FS: 10 K, 60 K, 293 K[10] 293[3,13,14] 0–40 GPa[15] | Yes (p-induced) p c ≃ 7.8 GPa, T c ≤ 1 K[19] |
| HM (↑c)[8] (Complex magnetic p-T-H-diagram) | First[9] | MnP→MnP*[10] *No crossing of c/b = {\surd 3} | 47 K | 0.24 K[9] | Ambient (suppressed at p ≃ 1.4 GPa) | UC: 300–1300 K[16]0.5–7 GPa[17] TE: 4–80 K[18,(9)] | ||
| FeP | HM (↑c)[20] | (Second)[21] | MnP→MnP[21] | 125 (1) K[20] | – | Ambient | FS: 293 K[3,20,22] 30–300 K[21] | – |
| UC: 30–1300 K[16] 0–16 GPa[23] | ||||||||
| TE: 100–293 K[24] | ||||||||
| CoP | No[16,25] | FS: 293 K[3] | – | |||||
| UC: 300–1300 K[7] | ||||||||
| VAs | No[26] | FS: 293 K[26,27] | – | |||||
| UC: 4–1200 K[7] | ||||||||
| CrAs | HM (↑c)[28] | Second[7] | NiAs→MnP[7] | 1170 (20) K[7] | – | Ambient | FS: 90 K, 285 K[29] 80 K, 285 K[32] 90 K, 295 K[33] 1.5 K, 80 K, 300 K[34] (1.5–290 K) @ 0–0.94 GPa[35] | Yes (p-induced) p c ≃ 0.4 GPa, T c ≤ 2.2 K[37] |
| First[29] | MnP→MnP[30] | 267 K[31] | 7 K[31] | Ambient (suppressed at p ≃ 0.8 GPa) | UC: 90–320 K[30] 90–300 K[36] 100–1300 K[7] | |||
| MnAs | FM[38] (Complex magnetic p-T-H-diagram) | Second[38] | NiAs→MnP[38] | 394 K[38] | – | Ambient (suppressed by p) | FS: 293 K[39, 40] 328 K[41] 284 K, 317 K[42] 4.2 K, 298 K[43] (15 K, 295 K) @ 3.8 GPa[44] | – |
| First[38] | MnP→NiAs[38] | 306 K[38] | 11 K[38] | Ambient (suppressed by p) | UC: 100–500 K[45] | |||
| FeAs | HM (↑c)[46] | (Second)[46] | MnP→MnP[46] | 77 (1) K[46] | – | Ambient | FS: 12–293 K[46] 293 K[47] 0–8.3 GPa[48] | – |
| UC: 12–1325 K[46] | ||||||||
| CoAs | No[49] | Second[7] | NiAs→MnP[50] | 1225 K[50] | – | Ambient | FS: 293 K[49] 0–4.9 GPa[48] | – |
| UC: 4–1200 K[7] | ||||||||
References: [1] Selte et al. (1975 ▸); [2] Selte et al. (1972b ▸); [3] Rundqvist & Nawapong (1965 ▸); [4] Schönberg (1954 ▸); [5] Boller & Nowotny (1965 ▸); [6] Nowotny & Henglein (1938 ▸); [7] Selte & Kjekshus (1973a ▸); [8] Wang et al. (2016 ▸); [9] Shapira et al. (1981 ▸); [10] Fjellvåg & Kjekshus (1984 ▸); [11] Huber & Ridgley (1964 ▸); [12] Komatsubara et al. (1970 ▸); [13] Fjellvåg & Kjekshus (1986 ▸); [14] Zhigadlo et al. (2017 ▸); [15] Han et al. (2018 ▸); [16] Selte et al. (1978 ▸); [17] Yano et al. (2018 ▸); [18] Okamoto et al. (1968 ▸); [19] Cheng et al. (2015 ▸); [20] Felcher et al. (1971 ▸); [21] Chernyavskii et al. (2020 ▸); [22] Selte & Kjekshus (1972 ▸); [23] Gu et al. (2011 ▸); [24] Westerstrandh et al. (1977 ▸); [25] Motizuki et al. (2009 ▸); [26] Selte et al. (1972c ▸); [27] Bachmayer & Nowotny (1955 ▸); [28] Watanabe et al. (1969 ▸); [29] Boller & Kallel (1971 ▸); [30] Suzuki & Ido (1991 ▸); [31] Wu et al. (2010 ▸); [32] Selte et al. (1971 ▸); [33] Sen et al. (2019 ▸); [34] Keller et al. (2015 ▸); [35] Shen et al. (2016 ▸); [36] Kanaya et al. (2004 ▸); [37] Wu et al. (2014 ▸); [38] Zięba et al. (1982 ▸); [39] Nowotny et al. (1951 ▸); [40] Yuzuri & Yamada (1960 ▸); [41] Wilson & Kasper (1964 ▸); [42] Suzuki (1978 ▸); [43] Zięba et al. (1978 ▸); [44] Glazkov et al. (2003 ▸); [45] Suzuki & Ido (1982 ▸); [46] Selte et al. (1972a ▸); [47] Selte & Kjekshus (1969 ▸); [48] Lyman & Prewitt (1984 ▸); [49] Selte & Kjekshus (1971 ▸); [50] Heyding & Calvert (1957 ▸).