Ab initio band structure calculations are carried out for the higher borides MB 6 and MB 12⁠.
High-precision measurements of the elastic constants are performed for the compounds Zr B …

A giant magnetopiezoelectric effect has been revealed in samarium ferroborate. The
effective piezomodulus is increased more than twice in the antiferromagnetic phase and it is …

Low-temperature studies of the behavior of the sound velocity and attenuation of acoustic
modes have been performed on a single crystal NdFe 3 (BO 3) 4 Transitions of the magnetic …

The bulk and magnetic properties of MB6 and MB12 were investigated on the basis of first
principles electronic structure calculations. The elastic constants were measured for ZrB12 …

The main elastic moduli and piezoelectric modulus have been measured in holmium
alumoborate single crystals. The renormalization of the permittivity, piezoresponse, and …

The results of the comprehensive ultrasonic research of high-quality single crystals of FeSe
are presented. Absolute values of sound velocities and their temperature dependences …

The piezomagnetoelectric effect is considered to be the appearance of a piezoelectric
response caused by a magnetic field in magnetically ordered media. The possibility of its …

The behavior of the elastic moduli and sound absorption in a terbium orthoborate single
crystal at low temperatures is studied. The components of the tensor of the elastic moduli of …

The ultrasonic properties of La 1− x Ca x Mn O 3 (x≈ 0.25) with the Curie temperature TC
about 200 K are studied. Temperature dependences of longitudinal and transverse sound …

The book is devoted to the analysis of physical properties of RMB ternary compounds,
where R is a rare-earth or yttrium and M= Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co and Ni, as well as of their …