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2015-12-24
Importance of spin-orbit coupling in power factor calculations for half-Heusler ANiB (A=Ti, Hf, Sc, Y; B=Sn, Sb, Bi)
We investigate the spin-orbit coupling (SOC) effects on the electronic structures and semi-classic transport coefficients of half-Heusler $\mathrm{ANiB}$ (A=Ti, Hf, Sc, Y; B=Sn, Sb, Bi) by using generalized gradient approximation (GGA). Calculated results show that SOC splits the valence bands at high symmetry $\Gamma$...
1512.07710v1
2017-08-03
A comparative study of different exchange-correlation functionals in understanding structural, electronic and thermoelectric properties of Fe$_{2}$VAl and Fe$_{2}$TiSn compounds
Fe$_{2}$VAl and Fe$_{2}$TiSn are full Heusler compounds with non-magnetic ground state. The two compouds are good thermoelectric materials. PBE and LDA(PW92) are the two most commonly used density functionals to study the Heusler compounds. Along with these two well studied exchange-correlation functionals, recently de...
1708.01180v1
2023-07-26
Giant spin-charge conversion in ultrathin films of the MnPtSb half-Heusler compound
Half-metallic half-Heusler compounds with strong spin-orbit-coupling and broken inversion symmetry in their crystal structure are promising materials for generating and absorbing spin-currents, thus enabling the electric manipulation of magnetization in energy-efficient spintronic devices. In this work, we report the s...
2307.14516v1
2005-10-08
Design of magnetic materials: Co$_2$Cr$_{1-x}$Fe$_{x}$Al
Doped Heusler compounds Co$_2$Cr$_{1-x}$Fe$_{x}$Al with varying Cr to Fe ratio $x$ were investigated experimentally and theoretically. The electronic structure of the ordered, doped Heusler compound Co$_2$Cr$_{1-x}$Fe$_{x}$Al ($x=n/4, n=0,1,2,3,4)$ was calculated using different types of band structure calculations. Th...
0510203v1
2013-09-25
Band structure calculations of Ti\raisebox{-.2ex}{\scriptsize 2}FeSn: a new half-metallic compound
Within the framework of density functional theory, the electronic structure and magnetic properties have been studied for the Ti\raisebox{-.2ex}{\scriptsize 2}FeSn full-Heusler compound. The ferromagnetic state is found to be energetically more favorable than paramagnetic and antiferromagnetic states. The spin-polarize...
1309.6442v1
2015-11-09
NMR Evidence for the Topologically Nontrivial Nature in a Family of Half-Heusler Compounds
Spin-orbit coupling (SOC) is expected to partly determine the topologically nontrivial electronic structure of heavy half-Heusler ternary compounds. However, to date, attempts to experimentally observe either the strength of SOC or how it modifies the bulk band structure have been unsuccessful. By using bulk-sensitive ...
1511.02706v2
2020-02-07
Engineering Co$_2$MnAl$_x$Si$_{1-x}$ Heusler compounds as a model system to correlate spin polarization, intrinsic Gilbert damping and ultrafast demagnetization
Engineering of magnetic materials for developing better spintronic applications relies on the control of two key parameters: the spin polarization and the Gilbert damping responsible for the spin angular momentum dissipation. Both of them are expected to affect the ultrafast magnetization dynamics occurring on the femt...
2002.02686v1
2020-03-21
Scaling of quadratic and linear magnetooptic Kerr effect spectra with L2$_1$ ordering of Co$_2$MnSi Heusler compound
The Heusler compound Co$_2$MnSi provides a crystallographic transition from B2 to L2$_1$ structure with increasing annealing temperature $T_a$, being a model system for investigating the influence of crystallographic ordering on structural, magnetic, optic, and magnetooptic (MO) properties. Here, we present quadratic m...
2003.09728v2
2023-07-18
Effect of Spin Orbit Coupling in non-centrosymmetric half-Heusler alloys
Spin-orbit coupled electronic structure of two representative non-polar half-Heusler alloys, namely 18 electron compound CoZrBi and 8 electron compound SiLiIn have been studied in details. An excursion through the Brillouin zone of these alloys from one high symmetry point to the other revealed rich local symmetry of t...
2308.03760v2
2021-07-08
Lattice thermal conductivity of half-Heuslers with density functional theory and machine learning: Enhancing predictivity by active sampling with principal component analysis
Low lattice thermal conductivity is essential for high thermoelectric performance of a material. Lattice thermal conductivity is often computed using density functional theory (DFT), typically at a high computational cost. Training machine learning models to predict lattice thermal conductivity could offer an effective...
2107.03735v2
2020-08-09
Ab initio study of the half-metallic full-Heusler compounds Co$_2$ZAl [Z = Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe]; the role of electronic correlations
We study the structural, electronic, and magnetic properties of Co$_2$ZAl compounds employing a pseudopotential electronic bandstructure method. The stability of the compounds is established through the formation and cohesive energy calculations. The effect of the lattice parameter variation on the electronic and magne...
2008.03732v1
2002-03-04
X-ray spectra of 3d metals of Heusler alloys and La$_{1-x}$Sm$_x$Mn$_2$Si$_2$ compounds
The Mn x-ray emission spectra and x-ray photoemission spectra of Mn-based Heusler alloys Co$_2$MnAl, Co$_2$MnSb and La$_{1-x}$Sm$_x$Mn$_2$Si$_2$ compounds (x=0, 0.8) have been measured and discussed in connection with a value local magnetic moment at Mn site. The spectra peculiarities reflect also the localization degr...
0203069v3
2006-11-17
Ab initio prediction of half-metallic properties for the ferromagnetic Heusler alloys Co$_2$MSi (M=Ti, V, Cr)
By means of density functional calculations the magnetic and electronic properties and phase stabilities of the Heusler compounds Co$_2$MSi (with M=Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni) were investigated. Based on the calculated results we predict the ferromagnetic phases of the compounds Co$_2$TiSi, Co$_2$VSi and Co$_2$CrSi to b...
0611466v1
2008-10-05
Determination of exchange constants of Heusler compounds by Brillouin light scattering spectroscopy: application to Co$_2$MnSi
Brillouin light scattering spectroscopy from so-called standing spin waves in thin magnetic films is often used to determine the magnetic exchange constant. The data analysis of the experimentally determined spin-wave modes requires an unambiguous assignment to the correct spin wave mode orders. Often additional invest...
0810.0834v3
2008-11-27
Electron correlations in Co$_2$Mn$_{1-x}$Fe$_x$Si Heusler compounds
This study presents the effect of local electronic correlations on the Heusler compounds Co$_2$Mn$_{1-x}$Fe$_x$Si as a function of the concentration $x$. The analysis has been performed by means of first-principles band-structure calculations based on the local approximation to spin-density functional theory (LSDA). Co...
0811.4625v1
2010-11-10
Ab initio prediction of ferrimagnetism, exchange interactions and Curie temperatures in Mn2TiZ Heusler compounds
The Heusler compounds Mn$_2$TiZ (Z = Al, Ga, In, Si, Ge, Sn, P, As, Sb) are of large interest due to their potential ferrimagnetic properties and high spin polarization. Here, we present calculations of the structural and magnetic properties of these materials. Their magnetic moment follows the Slater-Pauling rule $m =...
1011.2486v1
2011-07-04
Influence of tetragonal distortion on the topological electronic structure of the half-Heusler compound LaPtBi from first principles
The electronic structures of tetragonally distorted half-Heuselr compound LaPtBi in the C1b structure are investigated in the framework of density functional theory using the full potential linearized augmented plane with local spin density approximation method. The calculation results show that both the band structure...
1107.0531v1
2012-09-29
Realization of spin gapless semiconductors: the Heusler compound Mn2CoAl
Recent studies have reported an interesting class of semiconductor materials that bridge the gap between semiconductors and halfmetallic ferromagnets. These materials, called spin gapless semiconductors, exhibit a bandgap in one of the spin channels and a zero bandgap in the other and thus allow for tunable spin transp...
1210.0148v1
2012-12-13
First-principles study of the structural stability of Mn3Z (Z=Ga, Sn and Ge) Heusler compounds
We investigate the structural stability and magnetic properties of cubic, tetragonal and hexagonal phases of Mn3Z (Z=Ga, Sn and Ge) Heusler compounds using first-principles density-functional theory. We propose that the cubic phase plays an important role as an intermediate state in the phase transition from the hexago...
1212.3144v1
2014-02-24
Experimental realization of a semiconducting full Heusler compound: Fe2TiSi
Single-phase films of the full Heusler compound Fe2TiSi have been prepared by magnetron sputtering. The compound is found to be a semiconductor with a gap of 0.4eV. The electrical resistivity has a logarithmic temperature dependence up to room temperature due to Kondo scattering of a dilute free electron gas off superp...
1402.5755v1
2016-04-21
Magnetic properties and Curie temperatures of disordered Heusler compounds: Co(1+x)Fe(2-x)Si
The local atomic environments and magnetic properties were investigated for a series of Co(1+x)Fe(2-x)Si (0<x<1) Heusler compounds. While the total magnetic moment in these compounds increases with the number of valance electrons, the highest Curie temperature (Tc) in this series was found for Co1.5Fe1.5Si, with a Tc o...
1604.06235v1
2016-11-24
Design of L2_1-type antiferromagnetic semiconducting full-Heusler compounds: A first principles DFT+GW study
Antiferromagnetic spintronics is an on-going growing field of research. Employing both standard density functional theory and the $GW$ approximation within the framework of the FLAPW method, we study the electronic and magnetic properties of seven potential antiferromagnetic semiconducting Heusler compounds with 18 (or...
1611.08080v2
2018-01-25
Heusler compounds -- how to tune the magnetocrystalline anisotropy
Tailoring and controlling magnetic properties is an important factor for materials design. Here, we present a case study for Ni-based Heusler compounds of the type Ni$_2$YZ with Y = Mn, Fe, Co and Z = B, Al, Ga, In, Si, Ge, Sn based on first principles electronic structure calculations. These compounds are interesting ...
1801.08511v1
2018-06-14
Superconductivity in half-Heusler compound TbPdBi
We have studied the half-Heusler compound TbPdBi through resistivity, magnetization, Hall effect and heat capacity measurements. A semimetal behavior is observed in its normal state transport properties, which is characterized by a large negative magnetoresistance below 100 K. Notably, we find the coexistence of superc...
1806.05314v1
2018-11-12
Interface spin polarization of the Heusler compound Co2MnSi probed by unidirectional spin Hall magnetoresistance
Many Heusler compounds are predicted to be ferromagnetic half metals in the bulk, which makes them promising compounds for spintronics. However, for devices the transport spin polarization at specific interfaces requires optimization. We show that investigations of the unidirectional magnetoresistance provide an altern...
1811.04592v2
2020-08-11
Effect of doping on SGS and weak half-metallic properties of inverse Heusler Alloys
Heusler alloys with Mn and Co have been found to exhibit interesting electronic and magnetic properties. Mn$_2$CoAl is well known SGS compound while Mn$_2$CoGa has weak half metallic character. By using plane wave pseudo-potential method, we studied the effect of Fe and Cr doping on half-metalicity and magnetism of the...
2008.04536v1
2019-03-28
Anisotropic Topological Hall Effect with Real and Momentum Space Berry Curvature in the Antiskrymion Hosting Heusler Compound Mn$_{1.4}$PtSn
The topological Hall effect (THE) is one of the key signatures of topologically non-trivial magnetic spin textures, wherein electrons feel an additional transverse voltage to the applied current. The magnitude of THE is often small compared to the anomalous Hall effect. Here, we find a large THE of 0.9 $\mu\Omega$cm th...
1903.12037v1
2019-05-23
Thermodynamic and Thermoelectric Properties of CoFeYGe (Y= Ti, Cr) Quaternary Heusler Alloys: First Principle Calculations
Utilizing a material in thermoelectric applications requires a mechanical, thermal, and lattice stability as well a high figure of merit (ZT). In this work, we present the structural, electronic, magnetic, mechanical, thermodynamic, dynamic, and thermoelectric properties of CoFeYGe (Y = Ti, Cr) quaternary Heusler compo...
1905.09854v1
2020-03-06
Unexpected band gap increase in the Fe2VAl Heusler compound
Knowing the electronic structure of a material is essential in energy applications to rationalize its performance and propose alternatives. Materials for thermoelectric applications are generally small-gap semiconductors and should have a high figure of merit ZT. Even if the Fe2VAl Heusler compound has a decent ZT, its...
2003.03166v1
2020-12-08
Importance of Electronic Correlation in the Intermetallic Half-Heusler Compounds
Low temperature scanning tunneling spectroscopy of HfNiSn shows a V^m(m < 1) zero bias anomaly around the Fermi level. This local density of states with a fractional power law shape is well known to be a consequence of electronic correlations. For comparison, we have also measured the tunneling conductances of other ha...
2012.04184v1
2021-12-18
Structural, elastic, electronic and optical properties of the half-Heusler ScPtSb and YPtSb compounds under pressure
First-principles calculations using the plane-wave pseudopotential method within the generalized gradient approximation method were performed to study the pressure dependence of the structural, elastic, electronic and optical properties for the half-Heusler compounds ScPtSb and YPtSb in a cubic MgAgAs-type structure. T...
2112.09940v1
2003-05-07
Appearance of Half-Metallicity in the Quaternary Heusler Alloys
I report systematic first-principle calculations of the quaternary Heusler alloys like Co$_2$[Cr$_{1-x}$Mn$_x$]Al, Co$_2$Mn[Al$_{1-x}$Sn$_x$] and [Fe$_{1-x}$Co$_x$]$_2$MnAl. I show that when the two limiting cases (x=0 or 1) correspond to a half-metallic compound, so do the intermediate cases. Moreover the total spin m...
0305134v1
2006-10-30
Spin-polarization and electronic properties of half-metallic Heusler alloys calculated from first-principles
Half-metallic Heusler alloys are amongst the most promising materials for future magnetoelectronic applications. We review some recent results on the electronic properties of these compounds. The origin of the gap in these half-metallic alloys and its connection to the magnetic properties are well understood. Changing ...
0610827v1
2013-04-12
Crossover of magnetoresistance in the zerogap half-metallic Heusler alloy Fe2CoSi
This work reports on the band structure and magneto-transport investigations of the inverse Heusler compound Fe2CoSi. The first-principles calculations reveal that Fe2CoSi has a very peculiar band structure with a conducting property in the majority spin channel and a nearly zero bandgap in the minority spin channel. T...
1304.3517v1
2018-03-27
Subamorphous thermal conductivity of crystalline half-Heusler superlattices
The quest to improve the thermoelectric figure of merit has mainly followed the roadmap of lowering the thermal conductivity while keeping unaltered the power factor of the material. Ideally an electron-crystal phonon-glass system is desired. In this work, we report an extraordinary reduction of the cross-plane thermal...
1803.09920v2
2018-09-19
Quaternary Heusler Alloy: An Ideal Platform to Realize Triple Point Fermion
The existence of three fold rotational, mirror and time reversal symmetries often give rise to the triply degenerate nodal point (TP) in the band structure of a material. Based on point group symmetry analysis and first principle electronic structure, we predict, in this article, a series of quaternary Heusler alloys h...
1809.07026v1
2017-04-03
Half-Heusler alloy LiBaBi: A new topological semimetal with five-fold band degeneracy
Based on first-principles study, we report the finding of a new topological semimetal LiBaBi in half-Heusler phase. The remarkable feature of this nonmagnetic, inversion-symmetry-breaking material is that it consists of only simple $s$- and $p$-block elements. Interestingly, the material is ordinary insulator in the ab...
1704.00697v1
2019-01-28
Magnetotransport properties and giant anomalous Hall angle in half-Heusler compound TbPtBi
Magnetic lanthanide half-Heuslers ($R$PtBi; $R$ being the lanthanide) represent an attractive subgroup of the Heusler family and have been identified as ideal candidates for time reversal symmetry breaking topological Weyl semimetals. In this paper, we present the detailed analysis of the magnetotransport properties of...
1901.09534v1
2012-09-27
Fabrication and characterization of semiconducting half Heusler YPtSb thin films
The semiconducting half Heusler compound YPtSb was predicted theoretically to be capable of changing into topological insulator under proper strain. In this work, p type semiconducting half-Heusler YPtSb thin films were prepared by magnetron co-sputtering method from a specially designed target for the first time. Text...
1209.6288v2
2018-02-07
Structure, magnetic and transport properties of epitaxial thin films of equiatomic CoFeMnGe quaternary Heusler alloy
Future spintronics requires the realization of thin film of half-metallic ferromagnets having high Curie temperature and 100\% spin polarization at the Fermi level for potential spintronics applications. In this paper, we report the epitaxial thin films growth of half-metallic CoFeMnGe Heusler alloy on MgO (001) substr...
1802.02413v1
2017-06-01
Prediction of triple point fermions in simple half-Heusler topological insulators
We predict the existence of triple point fermions in the band structure of several half-Heusler topological insulators by $ab~initio$ calculations and the Kane model. We find that many half-Heusler compounds exhibit multiple triple points along four independent $C_3$ axes, through which the doubly degenerate conduction...
1706.00200v1
2020-09-09
Structural, Elastic, Electronic and Magnetic Properties of MnNbZ (Z=As, Sb) and FeNbZ (Z=Sn, Pb) Semi-Heusler Alloys
The study of structural, electronic, magnetic, and elastic properties of new series of semi-Heusler alloys MnNbZ (Z=As, Sb) and FeNbZ (Z=Sn, Pb) has been performed by density functional theory. The magnetic phase and hence the structural stability of the alloys were considered wherein ferromagnetic state is found to st...
2009.04123v1
2021-04-29
Nonlinear Hall Effect in Antiferromagnetic Half-Heusler Materials
It has recently been demonstrated that various topological states, including Dirac, Weyl, nodal-line, and triple-point semimetal phases, can emerge in antiferromagnetic (AFM) half-Heusler compounds. However, how to determine the AFM structure and to distinguish different topological phases from transport behaviors rema...
2104.14127v1
2024-03-13
Study of Physical Characteristics of the New Half-Heusler Alloy BaHgSn by DFT Analysis
To investigate the physical characteristics of the half-Heusler BaHgSn molecule, we used theoretical calculations within the Density Functional Theory (DFT) framework utilizing the LSDA+mBJ technique in this study. Using the optimal lattice parameters, we discover that half-Heusler BaHgSn exhibits a Dirac semimetal beh...
2403.08483v1
2014-12-07
Prediction and accelerated laboratory discovery of previously unknown 18-electron ABX compounds
Chemists and material scientists have often focused on the properties of previously reported compounds, leaving out numerous unreported but chemically plausible compounds that could have interesting properties. For example, the 18-valence electron ABX family of compounds includes the half-Heusler subgroup, and features...
1412.2398v1
2017-06-01
Materials Screening for the Discovery of New Half-Heuslers: Machine Learning versus Ab Initio Methods
Machine learning (ML) is increasingly becoming a helpful tool in the search for novel functional compounds. Here we use classification via random forests to predict the stability of half-Heusler (HH) compounds, using only experimentally reported compounds as a training set. Cross-validation yields an excellent agreemen...
1706.00192v1
2011-05-02
Design scheme of new multifunctional Heusler compounds for spin-transfer torque applications
This paper has been withdrawn.
1105.0337v2
2022-02-14
$Ab$ $Initio$ Study of Magnetic Tunnel Junctions Based on Half-Metallic and Spin-Gapless Semiconducting Heusler Compounds: Reconfigurable Diode and Inverse Tunnel-Magnetoresistance Effect
Magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) have attracted strong research interest within the last decades due to their potential use as nonvolatile memory such as MRAM as well as for magnetic logic applications. Half-metallic magnets (HMMs) have been suggested as ideal electrode materials for MTJs to achieve an extremely large ...
2202.06752v2
2006-06-05
Properties of the quaternary half-metal-type Heusler alloy Co$_2$Mn$_{1-x}$Fe$_x$Si
This work reports on the bulk properties of the quaternary Heusler alloy Co$_2$Mn$_{1-x}$Fe$_x$Si with the Fe concentration $x=$. All samples, which were prepared by arc melting, exhibit $L2_1$ long range order over the complete range of Fe concentration. Structural and magnetic properties of Co$_2$Mn$_{1-x}$Fe$_x$Si H...
0606108v2
2015-12-15
Half-metallic, Co-based quaternary Heuslers for spintronics: defect- and pressure-induced transitions and properties
Heusler compounds offer potential as spintronic devices due to their spin-polarization and half-metallicity properties, where electron spin-majority (minority) manifold exhibits states (band gap) at the electronic chemical potential, yielding full spin-polarization in a single manifold. Yet, Heuslers often exhibit intr...
1512.04805v2
2022-08-29
Substantial enhancement in thermoelectric figure-of-merit of half Heusler ZrNiPb alloys
Ternary half Heusler alloys are under intense investigations recently towards achieving high thermoelectric figure-of-merit (ZT). Of particular interest is the ZrNiPb based half Heusler (HH) alloy where an optimal value of ZT = 0.7 at 773 K has been achieved by co-doping Sn and Bi at Pb site. In this work, we identify ...
2208.13563v1
2022-09-28
First Principles Study of the Electronic Structure of the Ni$_2$MnIn/InAs and Ti$_2$MnIn/InSb interfaces
We present a first-principles study of the electronic and magnetic properties of epitaxial interfaces between the Heusler compounds Ti$_2$MnIn and Ni$_2$MnIn and the III-V semiconductors, InSb and InAs, respectively. We use density functional theory (DFT) with a machine-learned Hubbard $U$ correction determined by Baye...
2209.14101v3
2022-12-15
Exploration of all-3d Heusler alloys for permanent magnets: an ab initio based high-throughput study
Heusler alloys have attracted interest in various fields of functional materials since their properties can quite easily be tuned by composition. Here, we have investigated the relatively new class of all-3d Heusler alloys in view of its potential as permanent magnets. To identify suitable candidates, we performed a hi...
2212.07845v3
2016-10-19
Bismuth based Half Heusler Alloys with giant thermoelectric figure of merit
Half Heusler (HH) thermoelectric alloys provide a wide platform to choose materials with non-toxic and earth abundant elements. This article presents an ab-initio theoretical evaluation of electrical and thermal transport properties of three Bismuth-based most promising thermoelectric alloys, selected out of 54 stable ...
1610.06038v2
2018-11-12
Evidence for unconventional superconductivity in Half-Heusler YPdBi and TbPdBi compounds revealed by London penetration depth measurements
The half-Heusler compounds YPdBi and TbPdBi, while having similar band structure, exhibit different magnetic properties. YPdBi is a diamagnet, while TbPdBi shows antiferromagnetic order below 5.5 K. Both are superconductors with T${_c}\approx$1 K for YPdBi and T${_c}\approx$1.75 K for TbPdBi. Such a contrast in propert...
1811.05045v1
2023-03-15
Rare observation of spin-gapless semiconducting characteristics and related band topology of quaternary Heusler alloy CoFeMnSn
In this paper, we report the theoretical investigation and experimental realization of a new spin-gapless semiconductor (SGSs) compound CoFeMnSn belonging to the family of quaternary Heusler alloys. Through the use of several ground-state energy calculations, the most stable structure has been identified. Calculations ...
2303.08589v2
2023-09-09
Accelerating Discovery of Vacancy Ordered 18-Valence Electron Half-Heusler Compounds: A Synergistic Approach of Machine Learning and Density Functional Theory
In this study, we attempted to model vacancy ordered half Heusler compounds with 18 valence electron count (VHH) derived from 19 VEC compounds such as TiNiSb such that the compositions will be Ti0.75NiSb, Zr0.75NiSb and Hf0.75NiSb with semiconducting behavior. The main motivation is that such a vacancy-ordered phase no...
2309.04692v1
2011-08-18
Comparison of two structures for transition-metal-based half Heusler alloys exhibiting fully compensated half metallicity
We search for new fully compensated half metals, in which only one electronic spin channel is conducting and there exists no net magnetic moment. We focus on half Heusler alloys and we examine the physical consequence of different crystal structures found in the literature for these compounds, XMnZ, with a transition m...
1108.3651v1
2017-07-03
Large magneto-Seebeck effect in magnetic tunnel junctions with half-metallic Heusler electrodes
Spin caloritronics studies the interplay between charge-, heat- and spin-currents, which are initiated by temperature gradients in magnetic nanostructures. A plethora of new phenomena has been discovered that promises, e.g., to make wasted heat in electronic devices useable or to provide new read-out mechanisms for inf...
1707.00505v2
2019-05-22
Ultra-low magnetic damping in Co 2 Mn-based Heusler compounds: promising materials for spintronic
The prediction of ultra-low magnetic damping in Co 2 MnZ Heusler half-metal thin-film magnets is explored in this study and the damping response is shown to be linked to the underlying electronic properties. By substituting the Z elements in high crystalline quality films (Co 2 MnZ with Z=Si, Ge, Sn, Al, Ga, Sb), elect...
1905.08987v1
2020-06-17
Epitaxy, exfoliation, and strain-induced magnetism in rippled Heusler membranes
Single-crystalline membranes of functional materials enable the tuning of properties via extreme strain states; however, conventional routes for producing membranes require the use of sacrificial layers and chemical etchants, which can both damage the membrane and limit the ability to make them ultrathin. Here we demon...
2006.10100v3
2020-07-15
Experimentally correlating thermal hysteresis and phase compatibility in multifunctional Heusler alloys
Thermal hysteresis is recognized as one of the main drawbacks for cyclical applications of magnetocaloric and ferromagnetic shape memory materials with first order transformations. As such, the challenge is to develop strategies that improve the compatibility between the phases involved in the transitions and study its...
2007.07485v1
2022-04-07
First Principles Study of the Structural, Mechanical, Electronic, and Lattice Dynamical Properties of the Half-Heusler Alloys ZrCoY (Y=Sb, Bi )
First-principles calculation has led to significant discoveries in materials science. Half heusler (HH) alloys, which are potential thermoelectric materials have demonstrated significant improvements in thermoelectric performance owing to their thermal stability, mechanical strength, and moderate ZT. Using Density Func...
2204.03759v1
2022-10-14
Anti-site disorder and Berry curvature driven anomalous Hall effect in spin gapless semiconducting Mn2CoAl Heusler compound
Spin gapless semiconductors exhibit a finite band gap for one spin channel and closed gap for other spin channel, emerged as a new state of magnetic materials with a great potential for spintronic applications. The first experimental evidence for the spin gapless semiconducting behavior was observed in an inverse Heusl...
2210.07668v1
2002-09-11
Exchange bias in [Co2MnGe/Au],[Co2MnGe/Cr] and [Co2MnGe/Cu2MnAl] multilayers
We report structural and magnetic properties of multilayers composed of thin layers of the half metallic ferromagnetic Heusler compound Co2MnGe and layers of Au, Cr and the Heusler compound Cu2MnAl. The hysteresis loops measured at low temperatures reveal the existence of an exchange bias field HEB in all of these mult...
0209259v1
2006-06-21
Magnetic anisotropies and magnetization reversal of the Co$_2$Cr$_{0.6}$Fe$_{0.4}$Al Heusler compound
Magnetic anisotropies and magnetization reversal properties of the epitaxial Heusler compound Co$_2$Cr$_{0.6}$Fe$_{0.4}$Al (CCFA) deposited on Fe and Cr buffer layers are studied. Both samples exhibit a growth-induced fourfold anisotropy, and magnetization reversal occurs through the formation of stripy domains or 90 d...
0606542v1
2006-12-10
Substituting the main group element in cobalt - iron based Heusler alloys: Co$_2$FeAl$_{1-x}$Si$_x$
This work reports about electronic structure calculations for the Heusler compound Co$_2$FeAl$_{1-x}$Si$_x$. Particular emphasis was put on the role of the main group element in this compound. The substitution of Al by Si leads to an increase of the number of valence electrons with increasing Si content and may be seen...
0612241v1
2008-09-29
Hall effect in laser ablated Co_2(Mn,Fe)Si thin films
Pulsed laser deposition was employed to grow thin films of the Heusler compounds Co_2MnSi and Co_2FeSi. Epitaxial growth was realized both directly on MgO (100) and on a Cr or Fe buffer layer. Structural analysis by x-ray and electron diffraction shows for both materials the ordered L2_1 structure. Bulk magnetization w...
0809.4978v1
2009-05-24
Density functional study of elastic and vibrational properties of the Heusler-type alloys Fe$_2$VAl and Fe$_2$VGa
The structural and elastic properties as well as phonon-dispersion relations of the Heusler-type alloys Fe$_2$VAl and Fe$_2$VGa are computed using density-functional and density-functional perturbation theory within the generalized-gradient approximation. The calculated equilibrium lattice constants agree well with the...
0905.3909v1
2012-07-27
Half-Metallic Ferromagnetism in the Heusler Compound Co$_2$FeSi revealed by Resistivity, Magnetoresistance, and Anomalous Hall Effect measurements
We present electrical transport data for single-crystalline Co$_2$FeSi which provide clear-cut evidence that this Heusler compound is truly a half-metallic ferromagnet, i.e. it possesses perfect spin-polarization. More specifically, the temperature dependence of $\rho$ is governed by electron scattering off magnons whi...
1207.6611v1
2013-02-08
Superconductivity in the noncentrosymmetric half-Heusler compound LuPtBi : A possible topological superconductor
We report superconductivity in the ternary half-Heusler compound LuPtBi, with Tc = 1.0 K and Hc2 = 1.6 T. The crystal structure of LuPtBi lacks inversion symmetry, hence the material is a noncentrosymmetric superconductor. Magnetotransport data show semimetallic behavior in the normal state, which is evidence for the i...
1302.1943v2
2013-02-11
Phase stability of chromium based compensated ferrimagnets with inverse Heusler structure
Chromium based inverse Heusler compounds of the type Cr2YZ (Y=Co, Fe; Z=Al, Ga, In, Si, Ge, Sn) have been proposed as fully compensated half-metallic ferrimagnets. Such materials are of large interest for spintronics because they combine small magnetic moment with high spin polarization over a wide temperature range. W...
1302.2487v2
2013-10-17
Superconductivity and magnetic order in the non-centrosymmetric Half Heusler compound ErPdBi
We report superconductivity at $T_c = 1.22$ K and magnetic order at $T_N = 1.06$ K in the semi-metallic noncentrosymmetric Half Heusler compound ErPdBi. The upper critical field, $B_{c2}$, has an unusual quasi-linear temperature variation and reaches a value of 1.6 T for $T \rightarrow 0$. Magnetic order is found below...
1310.4592v1
2014-03-11
Spin Dependent Lifetimes and Spin-orbit Hybridization Points in Heusler Compounds
We present an ab initio calculation of the k and spin-resolved electronic lifetimes in the half-metallic Heusler compounds Co(2)MnSi and Co(2)FeSi. We determine the spin-flip and spin-conserving contributions to the lifetimes and study in detail the behavior of the lifetimes around states that are strongly spin-mixed b...
1403.2590v2
2015-03-15
Magnetic structure of the antiferromagnetic half-Heusler compound NdBiPt
We present results of single crystal neutron diffraction experiments on the rare-earth, half-Heusler antiferromagnet (AFM) NdBiPt. This compound exhibits an AFM phase transition at $T_{\mathrm N}=2.18$~K with an ordered moment of $1.78(9)$~$\mu_{\mathrm B}$ per Nd atom. The magnetic moments are aligned along the $[001]...
1503.04487v3
2015-10-21
Titanium Nitride as a Seed Layer for Heusler Compounds
Titanium nitride (TiN) shows low resistivity at room temperature, high thermal stability and thus has the potential to serve as seed layer in magnetic tunnel junctions. High quality TiN thin films with regard to the crystallographic and electrical properties were grown and characterized by X-ray diffraction and 4-termi...
1510.06256v3
2015-10-27
Spin-resolved Fermi surface of the localized ferromagnetic Heusler compound Cu$_2$MnAl measured with spin-polarized positron annihilation
We determined the bulk electronic structure in the prototypical Heusler compound Cu$_2$MnAl by measuring the Angular Correlation of Annihilation Radiation (2D-ACAR) using spin-polarized positrons. To this end, a new algorithm for reconstructing 3D densities from projections is introduced that allows us to corroborate t...
1510.07808v1
2015-11-26
Symmetry-protected ideal Weyl semimetal in HgTe-class materials
Ideal Weyl semimetals with all Weyl nodes exactly at the Fermi level and no coexisting trivial Fermi surfaces in the bulk, similar to graphene, could feature deep physics such as exotic transport phenomena induced by the chiral anomaly. Here, we show that HgTe and half-Heusler compounds, under a broad range of in-plane...
1511.08284v2
2016-10-18
Magnetic properties of low-moment ferrimagnetic Heusler Cr2CoGa thin films grown by molecular beam epitaxy
Recently, theorists have predicted many materials with a low magnetic moment and large spin-polarization for spintronic applications. These compounds are predicted to form in the inverse Heusler structure, however, many of these compounds have been found to phase segregate. In this study, ordered Cr2CoGa thin films wer...
1610.05808v1
2017-03-06
A first-principles DFT+GW study of spin-filter and spin-gapless semiconducting Heusler compounds
Among Heusler compounds, the ones being magnetic semiconductors (also known as spin-filter materials) are widely studied as they offer novel functionalities in spintronic/magnetoelectronic devices. The spin-gapless semiconductors are a special case. They possess a zero or almost-zero energy gap in one of the two spin c...
1703.02142v2
2018-06-11
Positron annihilation spectroscopy for the pure and Niobium doped ZrCo$_2$Sn Heusler compound
We perform spin-polarized two-dimensional angular correlation of annihilation radiation (2D-ACAR) calculations for the recently predicted ZrCo$_2$Sn-Weyl Heusler compound within the density functional theory using the generalized gradient approximation (GGA) and its extension GGA+U. We confirm that within the GGA+U met...
1806.04093v1
2018-11-15
LnPd$_{2}$Sn (Ln=Sc, Y, Lu) class of Heusler alloys for topological superconductivity
Based on the first-principles electronic structure calculations and the symmetry analysis, we predict that the topological superconductivity may occur on the surface of the LnPd$_{2}$Sn (Ln=Sc, Y, Lu) class of Heusler alloys. The calculated electronic band structure and topological invariant demonstrate that the LnPd$_...
1811.06401v1
2020-01-22
Characterization of rattling in relation to thermal conductivity: ordered half-Heusler semiconductors
The factors that affect the thermal conductivity of semiconductors is a topic of great scientific interest, especially in relation to thermoelectrics. Key developments have been the concept of the phonon-glass-electron-crystal (PGEC) and the related idea of rattling to achieve this. We use first principles phonon and t...
2001.08029v1
2021-07-15
Microstructure manipulation by laser-surface remelting of a full-Heusler compound to enhance thermoelectric properties
There is an increasing reckoning that the thermoelectric performance of a material is dependent on its microstructure. However, the microstructure-properties relationship often remains elusive, in part due to the complexity of the hierarchy and scales of features that influence transport properties. Here, we focus on t...
2107.07327v1
2017-05-23
Integration of antiferromagnetic Heusler compound Ru$_2$MnGe into spintronic devices
We report on the first integration of an antiferromagnetic Heusler compound acting as a pinning layer into magnetic tunneling junctions. The antiferromagnet Ru$_2$MnGe is used to pin the magnetization direction of a ferromagnetic Fe layer in MgO based thin film tunnelling magnetoresistance stacks. The samples were prep...
1705.08420v1
2019-07-09
Magnetic instabilities in doped Fe$_2YZ$ full-Heusler thermoelectric compounds
Thermoelectricity is a promising avenue for harvesting energy but large-scale applications are still hampered by the lack of highly-efficient low-cost materials. Recently, Fe$_2YZ$ Heusler compounds were predicted theoretically to be interesting candidates with large thermoelectric power factor. Here, we show that unde...
1907.04267v2
2018-08-08
High throughput screening for spin-gapless semiconductors in quaternary Heusler compounds
Based on high throughput density functional theory calculations, we performed systematic screening for spin-gapless semiconductors (SGSs) in quaternary Heusler alloys XX 0 YZ (X, X 0 , and Y are transition metal elements without Tc, and Z is one of B, Al, Ga, In, Si, Ge, Sn, Pb, P, As, Sb, and Bi). Following the empiri...
1808.02684v1
2018-12-20
Theoretical study of the structural stability, electronic and magnetic properties of XVSb (X $=$ Fe, Ni, and Co) half-Heusler compounds
The structural, electronic and magnetic properties of half-Heusler compounds XVSb (X $=$ Fe, Co and Ni) are investigated by using the density functional theory with generalized gradient approximation (GGA), and Tran-Blaha modified Becke-Johnson (TB-mBJ) exchange potential approximation. It is found that the half-metall...
1812.08559v1
2020-08-07
Magnetoelastic and Magnetostrictive Properties of Co$_2$XAl Heusler Compounds
We present a comprehensive first principles electronic structure study of the magnetoelastic and magnetostrictive properties in the Co-based Co$_2$XAl (X = V, Ti, Cr, Mn, Fe) full Heusler compounds. In addition to the commonly used total energy approach, we employ torque method to calculate the magnetoelastic tensor el...
2008.03005v1
2022-03-22
Lattice Dynamics, Mechanical Properties, Electronic Structure and Magnetic Properties of Equiatomic Quaternary Heusler Alloys CrTiCoZ (Z =Al,Si) using first principles calculations
First principles calculations are performed to investigate the thermodynamical stability, dynamical, mechanical, electronic and magnetic properties of CrTiCoZ (Z= Al/Si) novel quaternary Heusler alloys. Y-type III atomic configuration is found to be the most stable structure for both compounds. The melting temperatures...
2203.11858v1
2017-02-15
Stability of Weyl points in magnetic half-metallic Heusler compounds
We employ {\it ab-initio} fully-relativistic electronic structure calculations to study the stability of the Weyl points in the momentum space within the class of the half-metallic ferromagnetic full Heusler materials, by focusing on Co$_2$TiAl as a well-established prototype compound. Here we show that both the number...
1702.04558v1
2019-03-28
Inducing half metallicity with alloying in Heusler Compound CoFeMnSb
First principles studies were performed in order to find out the possibility of inducing half-metallicity in Heusler Compound CoFeMnSb, by means of alloying it with 3d-transition metal elements. Proper alloying element is selected through the calculations of formation energies. These calculations were tested with diffe...
1903.11799v1
2019-12-09
Intrinsically high thermoelectric figure of merit of half-Heusler ZrRuTe
The electronic structure and thermoelectric properties of ZrRuTe-based Half-Heusler compounds are studied using density functional theory (DFT) and Boltzmann transport formalism. Based on rigorous computations of electron relaxation time $\tau$ considering electron-phonon interactions and lattice thermal conductivity $...
1912.03883v3
2020-03-14
Exceptionally large anomalous Hall effect due to anticrossing of spin-split bands in the antiferromagnetic half-Heusler compound TbPtBi
We have investigated magnetotransport properties and the topological electronic structure of the half-Heusler compound TbPtBi. Our experiments reveal an exceptionally large anomalous Hall effect (AHE) in the canted antiferromagnetic state of TbPtBi with the anomalous Hall angle (AHA) reaching ~0.68-0.76, which is a few...
2003.06688v1
2020-07-12
Magnetocaloric effect in Ni2(Mn,Cu)Ga0.84Al0.16 Heusler alloys
Polycrystalline Heusler compounds Ni2Mn0.75Cu0.25Ga0.84Al0.16 with a martensitic transition between ferromagnetic phases and Ni2Mn0.70Cu0.30Ga0.84Al0.16 with a magnetostructural transformation were investigated by magnetization and thermal measurements, both as a function of temperature and magnetic field. The compound...
2007.05899v2
2020-09-02
Phase transition in the magnetocrystalline anisotropy of tetragonal Heusler alloys: Rh$_2T$Sb, $T=$ Fe, Co
This work reports on first principles calculations of the electronic and magnetic structure of tetragonal Heusler compounds with the composition Rh$_2$Fe$_{x}$Co$_{1-x}$Sb ($0\leq x\leq1$). It is found that the magnetic moments increase from 2 to 3.4~$\mu_B$ and the Curie temperature decreases from 500 to 464~K with in...
2009.00920v1
2020-09-07
Strain driven emergence of topological non-triviality in YPdBi thin films
Half-Heusler compounds exhibit a remarkable variety of emergent properties such as heavy-fermion behaviour, unconventional superconductivity and magnetism. Several of these compounds have been predicted to host topologically non-trivial electronic structures. Remarkably, recent theoretical studies have indicated the po...
2009.03018v3
2021-12-16
Spin Hall Conductivity and Anomalous Hall Conductivity in Full Heusler compounds
The spin Hall conductivity (SHC) and anomalous Hall conductivity (AHC) in more than 120 full Heusler compounds are calculated using density functional theory in a high-throughtput way. The electronic structures are mapped to the Wannier basis and the linear response theory is used to get the conductivity. Our results s...
2112.08630v1
2022-09-21
Effect of Co Substitution on Ferrimagnetic Heusler compound Mn3Ga
Effect of Co substitution on Mn$_3$Ga is investigated using first-principles study for structural and magnetic properties. Without Co, ferrimagnetic Heusler compound Mn3Ga is in tetragonal phase. With Co substitution, depending on Co concentration (x) Mn$_3$Ga prefers tetragonal (cubic) phase when x \leq 0.5 (x \geq 0....
2209.10216v1
2024-03-24
Ideal spin-polarized Weyl-half-semimetal with a single pair of Weyl points in half-Heusler compounds XCrTe (X=K, Rb)
Realizing ideal Weyl semimetal state with a single pair of Weyl points has been a long-sought goal in the field of topological semimetals. Here, we reveal such a state in the Cr-based half-Heusler compounds XCrTe (X=K, Rb). We show that these materials have a half metal ground state, with Fermi level crossing only one ...
2403.16195v1