Mn-based antiperovskite functional materials： Review of research
摘要
Our recent research on the Mn-based antiperovskite functional materials AXMn 3(A:metal or semiconducting elements;X:C or N) is outlined.Antiperovskite carbides(e.g.,AlCMn 3) show large magnetocaloric effect comparable to those of typical magnetic refrigerant materials.Enhanced giant magnetoresistance up to 70% at 50 kOe(1 Oe = 79.5775 A.m-1) over a wide temperature span was obtained in Ga1-xZnxCMn3 and GaCMn3-xNix.In Cu0.3Sn0.5NMn3.2,negative thermal expansion(NTE) was achieved in a wide temperature region covering room temperature(α =-6.8 ppm/K,150 K-400 K).Neutron pair distribution function analysis suggests the Cu/Sn-Mn bond fluctuation is the driving force for the NTE in Cu1-xSnxNMn3.In CuN1-xCx Mn3 and CuNMn3-yCoy,the temperature coefficient of resistivity(TCR) decreases monotonically from positive to negative as Co or C content increases.TCR is extremely low when the composition approaches the critical points.For example,TCR is ～ 1.29 ppm/K between 240K and 320K in CuN0.95C0.05Mn3,which is one twentieth of that in the typical low-TCR materials(～ 25 ppm/K).By studying the critical scaling behavior and X deficiency effect,some clues of localized-electron magnetism have been found against the background of electronic itinerant magnetism.