Narrow band in the intermetallic compounds MNiSn (M=Ti, Zr, Hf)

• DOI: 10.1007/bf01323516
• Publication Date: 2005-03-26T13:15:49Z
• Authors: F. G. Aliev; V. V. Kozyrkov; V. V. Moshchalkov; R. V. Scolozdra; K. Durczewski
• Keywords: 02 engineering and technology; 0210 nano-technology

The presence of a narrow band below conduction band of nonmagnetic compounds MNiSn (M=Ti, Zr, Hf) is assumed to explain their low temperature properties such as the heat capacity, IR optics, electronics transport. A computation of the Seebeck coefficient supplies support for this assumption.