A joint publication with Jairo Sinova and Libor Šmejkal about the growth pathways and structural properties of the manganese silicides has been published in Physical Review Materials.
They describe that the magnetically ordered phases of the Mn5Si3 crystal are proving to be prototypes for the study of the new fundamental spin physics related to the spontaneous breaking of the time-reversal symmetry despite a zero net magnetization. Here, they report on a route to grow epitaxial Mn5Si3 thin films on Si(111). The growth pathways and structural properties of the manganese silicides can be rationalized in terms of reactions maximizing the free-energy lowering rate. Moreover, they found that the magnetic and the magnetotransport properties can be used as an efficient tool to track both Mn5Si3 crystallinity and proportion in the deposited layers.
You can find the publication under Phys. Rev. Materials 7, 024416 (2023).