Manganese(II) telluride explained

Manganese(II) telluride is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula MnTe.

Properties

Long thought to be antiferromagnetic, Manganese(II) telluride has been recently determined to be altermagnetic.^[1] It has a Néel temperature of 307 K.^[2]

Preparation

It can be produced by the fusion of manganese and tellurium in a vacuum.

Notes and References

1. Krempaský . J. . Šmejkal . L. . D’Souza . S. W. . Hajlaoui . M. . Springholz . G. . Uhlířová . K. . Alarab . F. . Constantinou . P. C. . Strocov . V. . Usanov . D. . Pudelko . W. R. . González-Hernández . R. . Birk Hellenes . A. . Jansa . Z. . Reichlová . H. . Šobáň . Z. . Gonzalez Betancourt . R. D. . Wadley . P. . Sinova . J. . Kriegner . D. . Minár . J. . Dil . J. H. . Jungwirth . T. . Altermagnetic lifting of Kramers spin degeneracy . Nature . 626 . 7999 . 2024-02-15 . 0028-0836 . 38356066 . 10866710 . 10.1038/s41586-023-06907-7 . 517–522.
2. Book: Kittel, Charles . Introduction to Solid State Physics . 8th . New York . John Wiley & Sons . 2005 . 978-0-471-41526-8 . registration .