Chemistry:Manganese(II) telluride

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Manganese(II) telluride is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula MnTe. It is a gray solid obtained by the reaction of the elements.

Properties

Manganese telluride crystallizes in the NaCl structure motif.[1][2]

Long thought to be antiferromagnetic, manganese telluride has been determined to be altermagnetic.[3] It has a Néel temperature of 307 K, meaning it does not need exotic temperatures to maintain its altermagnetic ordering.[4]

References

  1. Juza, Robert; Rabenau, Albrecht; Pascher, Gertrud (1956). "Über feste Lösungen in den Systemen ZnS/MnS, ZnSe/MnSe und ZnTe/MnTe". Zeitschrift für Anorganische und Allgemeine Chemie 285 (1–2): 61–69. doi:10.1002/zaac.19562850107. 
  2. None Available (2020). Materials Data on MnTe by Materials Project. LBNL Materials Project; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). doi:10.17188/1189912. 
  3. Krempaský, J.; Šmejkal, L.; D’Souza, S. W.; Hajlaoui, M.; Springholz, G.; Uhlířová, K.; Alarab, F.; Constantinou, P. C. et al. (2024-02-15). "Altermagnetic lifting of Kramers spin degeneracy". Nature 626 (7999): 517–522. doi:10.1038/s41586-023-06907-7. ISSN 0028-0836. PMID 38356066. Bibcode2024Natur.626..517K. 
  4. Kittel, Charles (2005). Introduction to Solid State Physics (8th ed.). New York: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-471-41526-8. https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780471415268.