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DOI: 10.20517/microstructures.2023.42

Review Open Access

Magnetic structures and correlated physical

properties in antiperovskites

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Sihao Deng , Hongde Wang , Lunhua He 1,3,4 , Cong Wang 5
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Spallation Neutron Source Science Center, Dongguan 523803, Guangdong, China.
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Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China.
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Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China.
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Songshan Lake Materials Laboratory, Dongguan 523808, Guangdong, China.
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School of Integrated Circuit Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China.
Correspondence to: Prof. Lunhua He, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China, E-mail:
lhhe@ihep.ac.cn; Prof. Cong Wang, School of Integrated Circuit Science and Engineering, Beihang University, Beijing 100191,
China. E-mail: congwang@buaa.edu.cn
How to cite this article: Deng S, Wang H, He L, Wang C. Magnetic structures and correlated physical properties in
antiperovskites. Microstructures 2023;3:2023044. https://dx.doi.org/10.20517/microstructures.2023.42
Received: 21 Aug 2023 First Decision: 5 Sep 2023 Revised: 11 Sep 2023 Accepted: 21 Sep 2023 Published: 10 Nov 2023

Academic Editor: Danmin Liu Copy Editor: Fangyuan Liu Production Editor: Fangyuan Liu

Abstract
Compounds with perovskite structures have become one of the focuses in both materials science and condensed
matter physics because of their fascinating physical properties and potential functionalities correlated to magnetic
structures. However, the understanding of the intriguing physical properties is still at an exploratory stage. Herein,
owing to the magnetic frustration prompted by Mn N or Mn C octahedra, the abounding magnetic structures of
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antiperovskites, including collinear antiferromagnetic, collinear ferromagnetic, collinear ferrimagnetic, non-collinear
magnetic, and non-coplanar magnetic spin configurations, are systematically introduced through the updated
coverage. In addition, owing to the “spin-lattice-charge” coupling of antiperovskites, a large number of physical
properties, such as anomalous thermal expansion, giant magnetoresistance, anomalous Hall effect,
piezomagnetic/baromagnetic effects, magnetocaloric effect, barocaloric effect, etc., are summarized by combining
the discussions of the determined magnetic structures. This review aims to clarify the current research progress in
this field, focusing on the relationship between the magnetic structures and the correlated physical properties, and
provides the conclusion and outlook on further performance optimization and mechanism exploration in
antiperovskites.
Keywords: Antiperovskite, magnetic structures, physical properties, strong correlation material

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