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2002-09-24
Giant entropy change at the co-occurrence of structural and magnetic transitions in the Ni2.19Mn0.81Ga Heusler alloy
In this paper we report the existence of a giant magnetocaloric effect (MCE) in a intermetallic compound non-containing rare-earth. This effect is associated with the concomitant occurrence of a structural and a magnetic transition. The result has been compared with that obtained in a parent compound in which magnetic ...
0209564v2
2009-06-04
Giant diamagnetism in half-metallic Co$_{2}$CrAl Heusler alloy
A giant diamagnetism in the Co$_{2}$CrAl compounds, in both bulk and thin film, below a certain temperature ($T_z$) was observed. Above $T_z$, the compound behaves as an ordinary ferromagnet. The diamagnetic alignment might be initiated by the Landau diamagnetism because of the half-metallic properties and the pinning ...
0906.0824v1
2015-09-18
Electron-phonon-averaged approximation for first-principles computations of electron relaxation times and transport properties in semiconductor materials
We present a simple and efficient approximation to the electron-phonon scattering rate suitable for high-throughput screening of candidate materials for thermoelectric devices, based on electronic transport. The method is applied to calculate the electronic transport coefficients of half-Heusler compounds, showing agre...
1509.05800v2
2016-02-01
Anti-sites disordering suppression of the possible phase transition in Mn2CrGa
Theoretical and experimental characterizations of Mn2CrGa compound in regard to the possibility of phase transformation have been carried out in this work. Under a high ordering L21 structure, this compound has the potential to be a martensite phase transition material. However, experimental results show a severe disor...
1602.00397v1
2016-07-13
Unraveling the dominant phonon scattering mechanism in thermoelectric compound ZrNiSn
Determining defect types and concentrations remains a big challenge of semiconductor materials science. By using ab-initio thermal conductivity calculations we reveal that Ni/vacancy antisites, and not the previously claimed Sn/Zr antisites, are the dominant defects affecting thermal transport in half-Heusler compound ...
1607.03624v1
2017-07-26
Magnetism from intermetallics and perovskite oxides
This work has been presented by RJCV to obtain his PhD degree at Fluminense Federal University, in March of 2017. We focused on the synthesis of compounds and then on their magneto-strucutral characterization; mainly due to the interplay of these physical properties. We have prepared intermetallic alloys (including Heu...
1707.09868v2
2005-06-28
Geometric, electronic, and magnetic structure of Co$_2$FeSi: Curie temperature and magnetic moment measurements and calculations
In this work a simple concept was used for a systematic search for new materials with high spin polarization. It is based on two semi-empirical models. Firstly, the Slater-Pauling rule was used for estimation of the magnetic moment. This model is well supported by electronic structure calculations. The second model was...
0506729v4
2006-09-22
Electronic structure, magnetism, and disorder in the Heusler compound Co$_2$TiSn
Polycrystalline samples of the half-metallic ferromagnet Heusler compound Co$_2$TiSn have been prepared and studied using bulk techniques (X-ray diffraction and magnetization) as well as local probes ($^{119}$Sn M\"ossbauer spectroscopy and $^{59}$Co nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy) in order to determine how di...
0609578v2
2014-01-10
Finding unprecedentedly low-thermal-conductivity half-Heusler semiconductors via high-throughput materials modeling
The lattice thermal conductivity ({\kappa}{\omega}) is a key property for many potential applications of compounds. Discovery of materials with very low or high {\kappa}{\omega} remains an experimental challenge due to high costs and time-consuming synthesis procedures. High-throughput computational pre-screening is a ...
1401.2439v2
2016-02-03
Robust tunability of magnetorestance in Half-Heusler RPtBi (R = Gd, Dy, Tm, and Lu) compounds
We present the magnetic field dependencies of transport properties for $R$PtBi ($R$ = Gd, Dy, Tm, and Lu) half-Heusler compounds. Temperature and field dependent resistivity measurements of high quality $R$PtBi single crystals reveal an unusually large, non-saturating magnetoresistance (MR) up to 300 K under a moderate...
1602.01194v1
2019-12-21
Non-collinear antiferromagnetic states in Ru-based Heusler compounds induced by biquadratic coupling
We investigate the magnetic properties of Ru$_{2}$Mn$Z$ ($Z$ = Sn, Sb, Ge, Si) chemically ordered full Heusler compounds for zero as well as finite temperatures. Based on first principles calculations we derive the interatomic isotropic bilinear and biquadratic couplings between Mn atoms from the paramagnetic state. We...
1912.10299v1
2020-11-20
Mechanical, optoelectronic and thermoelectric properties of half-Heusler p-type semiconductor BaAgP: A DFT investigation
We have explored the mechanical, electronic, optical and thermoelectric properties of p-type half-Heusler compound BaAgP for the first time using density functional theory based calculations. The mechanical and dynamical stability of this compound is confirmed by studying the Born stability criteria and phonon dispersi...
2011.10506v1
2021-10-30
Self Doping for Synergistically Tuning the Electronic and Thermal Transport Coefficients in n-type Half-Heuslers
Ternary intermetallic half-Heusler (HH) compounds (XYZ) with 18 valence electron count viz. ZrCoSb, ZrNiSn, and ZrPdSn, have revealed promising thermoelectric properties. Exemplarily, it has been experimentally observed that a slight change in the content of Y-site atoms (by ~3-12.5% i.e., m =0.03, 0.125 in ZrY(1+m)Z) ...
2111.00186v1
2022-07-20
Tunable phase transitions in half-Heusler TbPtBi compound
We report various phase transitions in half-Heusler TbPtBi compound using Density Functional Theory (DFT). Specifically, inclusion of spin-orbit coupling (SOC) leads to band inversion resulting in transition from the metallic to the topological semimetallic phase. However, in presence of SOC, there is a phase transitio...
2207.09704v4
2009-11-03
Seebeck coefficients of half-metallic ferromagnets
In this report the Co2 based Heusler compounds are discussed as potential materials for spin voltage generation. The compounds were synthesized by arcmelting and consequent annealing. Band structure calculations were performed and revealed the compounds to be half-metallic ferromagnets. Magnetometry was performed on th...
0911.0553v1
2023-06-26
Large saturation moment and high ferromagnetic transition temperature in a structurally disordered inverse Heusler alloy Fe2RuGe
We report the successful synthesis of a new 4$d$ based polycrystalline inverse Heusler alloy Fe$_2$RuGe by an arc melting process and have studied in detail its structural, magnetic and transport properties complemented with first principle calculations. X-ray and neutron diffraction, Extended X-ray Absorption Fine Str...
2306.14831v1
2016-03-03
Predicted superconductivity of Ni2VAl and pressure dependence of superconductivity in Ni2NbX (X = Al, Ga and Sn) and Ni2VAl
A first-principles study of the electronic and superconducting properties of the Ni$_2$VAl Heusler compound is presented. The electron-phonon coupling constant of $\lambda_{ep}$ = 0.68 is obtained, which leads to a superconducting transition temperature of T$_c$ = $\sim$4 $K$ (assuming a Coulomb pseudopotential $\mu^*$...
1603.01104v1
2020-03-11
High Thermoelectric Performance and Defect Energetics of Multi-pocketed Full-Heusler Compounds
We report first-principles density-functional study of electron-phonon interactions and thermoelectric transport properties of full-Heusler compounds Sr$_{2}$BiAu and Sr$_{2}$SbAu. Our results show that ultrahigh intrinsic bulk thermoelectric performance across a wide range of temperatures is physically possible and po...
2003.05506v3
2006-11-17
Electronic structure and magnetism in doped semiconducting half-Heusler compounds
We have studied in details the electronic structure and magnetism in M (Mn and Cr) doped semiconducting half-Heusler compounds FeVSb, CoTiSb and NiTiSn (XM$_{x}$Y$_{1-x}$Z) in a wide concentration range using local-spin density functional method in the framework of tight-binding linearized muffin tin orbital method(TB-...
0611478v1
2013-07-24
μSR and NMR study of the superconducting Heusler compound YPd2Sn
We report on muon spin rotation/relaxation and $^{119}$Sn nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurements to study the microscopic superconducting and magnetic properties of the Heusler compound with the highest superconducting transition temperature, \ypd\ ($T_c=5.4$ K). Measurements in the vortex state provide the temp...
1307.6386v2
2017-07-13
The role of grain boundary scattering in reducing the thermal conductivity of polycrystalline XNiSn (X = Hf, Zr, Ti) half-Heusler alloys
Thermoelectric application of half-Heusler compounds suffers from their fairly high thermal conductivities. Insight into how effective various scattering mechanisms are in reducing the thermal conductivity of fabricated XNiSn compounds (X = Hf, Zr, Ti, and mixtures thereof) is therefore crucial. Here, we show that such...
1707.04302v2
2020-11-03
Fully-Compensated Ferrimagnetic Spin Filter Materials within the Cr$\textit{M}\textit{N}$Al Equiatomic Quaternary Heusler Alloys
XX'YZ equiatomic quaternary Heusler alloys (EQHA's) containing Cr, Al, and select Group IVB elements ($\textit{M}$ = Ti, Zr, Hf) and Group VB elements ($\textit{N}$ = V, Nb, Ta) were studied using state-of-the-art density functional theory to determine their effectiveness in spintronic applications. Each alloy is class...
2011.01389v1
2021-01-04
Influence of the martensitic transformation kinetics on the magnetocaloric effect in Ni-Mn-In
The inverse magnetocaloric effect (MCE) in Ni-Mn-based Heusler compounds occurs during the magnetostructural transition between low-temperature, low-magnetization martensite and high-temperature, high-magnetization austenite. In this study, we analyze the metamagnetic transformation of a $Ni_{49.8}Mn_{35}In_{15.2}$ com...
2101.00840v1
2013-11-20
Nuclear magnetic resonance study of thin Co$_2$FeAl$_{0.5}$Si$_{0.5}$ Heusler films with varying thickness
Type, degree and evolution of structural order are important aspects for understanding and controlling the properties of highly spin polarized Heusler compounds, in particular with respect to the optimal film growth procedure. In this work, we compare the structural order and the local magnetic properties revealed by n...
1311.5070v2
2014-08-19
Phase formation characteristics and magnetic properties of bulk Ni2MnGe Heusler alloy
We have systemically studied the effects of annealing temperature and alloy composition on the structural and magnetic properties of bulk Ni$_{2}$MnGe and Ni$_{2.1}$Mn$_{0.9}$Ge Heusler alloys. We have observed that both annealing temperature and the alloy composition drastically alter the phases found in the samples d...
1408.4241v1
2015-06-23
Design of compensated ferrimagnetic Heusler alloys for giant tunable exchange bias
The discovery of materials with improved functionality can be accelerated by rational material design. Heusler compounds with tunable magnetic sublattices allow to implement this concept to achieve novel magnetic properties. Here, we have designed a family of Heusler alloys with a compensated ferrimagnetic state. In th...
1506.07028v1
2021-07-10
Anisotropic exchange and non-collinear antiferromagnets on a noncentrosymmetric fcc structure as in the half-Heuslers
One of the signatures of the face-centered cubic (fcc) antiferromagnet as a typical example of a geometrically frustrated system is the large ground state degeneracy of the classical nearest neighbor and next-nearest neighbor Heisenberg (isotropic) model on this lattice. In particular, collinear states are degenerate w...
2107.04906v2
2019-07-05
Tunability of domain structure and magnonic spectra in antidot arrays of Heusler alloy
Materials suitable for magnonic crystals demand low magnetic damping and long spin wave (SW) propagation distance. In this context Co based Heusler compounds are ideal candidates for magnonic based applications. In this work, antidot arrays (with different shapes) of epitaxial $\mathrm{Co}_2\mathrm{Fe}_{0.4}\mathrm{Mn}...
1907.02746v1
2020-08-31
Robust topological Hall effect driven by tunable noncoplanar magnetic state in Mn-Pt-In inverse tetragonal Heusler alloys
Manipulation of magnetic ground states by effective control of competing magnetic interactions has led to the finding of many exotic magnetic states. In this direction, the tetragonal Heusler compounds consisting of multiple magnetic sublattices and crystal symmetry favoring chiral Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DM...
2008.13505v1
2017-06-11
First principles study of the structural phase stability and magnetic order in various structural phases of Mn$_2$FeGa
We investigate the structural and magnetic properties of Mn$_{2}$FeGa for different phases(cubic, hexagonal and tetragonal) reported experimentally using density functional theory. The relative structural stabilities, and the possible phase transformation mechanisms are discussed using results for total energy, electro...
1706.03425v1
2017-10-05
First-principles investigation of competing magnetic interactions in (Mn,Fe)Ru$_2$Sn Heusler solid solutions
Many Heusler compounds possess magnetic properties well-suited for applications as spintronic materials. The pseudo-binary Mn$_{0.5}$Fe$_{0.5}$Ru$_2$Sn, formed as a solid solution of two full Heuslers, has recently been shown to exhibit exchange hardening suggestive of two magnetic phases, despite existing as a \textit...
1710.02089v1
2020-03-12
Semi-adsorption-controlled growth window for half Heusler FeVSb epitaxial films
The electronic, magnetic, thermoelectric, and topological properties of Heusler compounds (composition $XYZ$ or $X_2 YZ$) are highly sensitive to stoichiometry and defects. Here we establish the existence and experimentally map the bounds of a \textit{semi} adsorption-controlled growth window for semiconducting half He...
2003.05971v2
2022-08-11
Controlling the balance between remote, pinhole, and van der Waals epitaxy of Heusler films on graphene/sapphire
Remote epitaxy on monolayer graphene is promising for synthesis of highly lattice mismatched materials, exfoliation of free-standing membranes, and re-use of expensive substrates. However, clear experimental evidence of a remote mechanism remains elusive. In many cases, due to contaminants at the transferred graphene/s...
2208.05927v1
2023-11-03
Giant tunneling magnetoresistance in Fe$_2$CrSi/Fe$_2$TiSi/Fe$_2$CrSi magnetic tunnel junction
We propose a theoretical model for an all-Heusler magnetic tunnel junction that uses two Heusler compounds: Fe$_2$CrSi and Fe$_2$TiSi, both of which can be experimentally synthesized. Fe$_2$CrSi is a half-metallic ferromagnet, making it a promising material for efficient spin injection in magnetic random access memorie...
2311.01772v1
2020-04-02
$d$ band filling and magnetic phase separation in transition metal-doped Mn$_3$SnC
The structural and magnetic properties of transition metal-doped Mn$_3$SnC are studied with an aim to understand the effect of transition metal atom on magnetostructural properties of the antiperovskite compound. The doped Mn$_{2.8}$T$_{0.2}$SnC (T = Cr, Fe, Co, Ni and Cu) compounds show a distinctly different magnetic...
2004.00804v1
2015-03-01
Anomalous Hall effect and current spin polarization in Co$_2$FeX (X = Al, Ga, In, Si, Ge, and Sn) Heusler compounds: A systematic {\it ab initio} study
In this paper, we perform a systematic {\it ab initio} study of two principal spin-related phenomena, namely, anomalous Hall effect and current spin polarization, in Co$_2$Fe-based Heusler compounds Co$_2$FeX (X = Al, Ga, In, Si, Ge, Sn) within the generalized gradient approximation (GGA). The accurate full-potential l...
1503.00204v1
2019-04-08
Two functionals approach in DFT for the prediction of thermoelectric properties of Fe$_{2}$ScX (X = P, As, Sb) full Heusler compounds
In the quest of new thermoelectric (TE) materials with high power factors, full-Heusler compounds having flat band are found to be promising candidates. In this direction, Fe$_{2}$ScX (X=P,As,Sb) compounds are investigated using mBJ for the band gap and SCAN to describe the electronic bands and phonon properties for TE...
1904.04322v1
2002-03-26
Origin and Properties of the Gap in the Half-Ferromagnetic Heusler Alloys
We study the origin of the gap and the role of chemical composition in the half-ferromagnetic Heusler alloys using the full-potential screened KKR method. In the paramagnetic phase the C1_b compounds, like NiMnSb, present a gap. Systems with 18 valence electrons, Z_t, per unit cell, like CoTiSb, are semiconductors, but...
0203534v3
2005-04-26
First-principles study of exchange interactions and Curie temperatures of half-metallic ferrimagnetic full Heusler alloys Mn2VZ (Z=Al, Ge)
We report the parameter-free, density functional theory calculations of interatomic exchange interactions and Curie temperatures of half-metallic ferrimagnetic full Heusler alloys Mn2VZ (Z=Al, Ge). To calculate the interatomic exchange interactions we employ the frozen-magnon approach. The Curie temperatures are calcul...
0504679v1
2005-12-15
Search for half-metallic ferrimagnetism in V-based Heusler alloys Mn$_2$VZ (Z$=$Al, Ga, In, Si, Ge, Sn)
Using a state-of-the-art full-potential electronic structure method within the local spin density approximation, we study the electronic and magnetic structure of Mn$_2$V-based full Heusler alloys: Mn$_2$VZ (Z=Al, Ga, In, Si, Ge, and Sn). We show that small expansion of the calculated theoretical equilibrium lattice co...
0512361v1
2006-01-17
Electron Correlations and the Minority-Spin Band Gap in Half-Metallic Heusler Alloys
Electron-electron correlations affect the band gap of half-metallic ferromagnets by introducing non-quasiparticle states just above the Fermi level. In contrast to the spin-orbit coupling, a large asymmetric non-quasiparticle spectral weight is present in the minority-spin channel, leading to a peculiar finite-temperat...
0601376v1
2006-12-01
Epitaxial Co2Cr0.6Fe0.4Al thin films and magnetic tunneling junctions
Epitaxial thin films of the theoretically predicted half metal Co2Cr0.6Fe0.4Al were deposited by dc magnetron sputtering on different substrates and buffer layers. The samples were characterized by x-ray and electron beam diffraction (RHEED) demonstrating the B2 order of the Heusler compound with only a small partition...
0612022v1
2007-06-25
Optical and magneto-optical properties of ferromagnetic full-Heusler films: experiments and first-principles calculations
We report a joint theoretical and experimental study focused on understanding the optical and magneto-optical properties of Co-based full-Heusler compounds. We show that magneto-optical spectra calculated within ab-initio density functional theory are able to uniquely identify the features of the experimental spectra i...
0706.3613v1
2010-06-01
Giant inverse magnetocaloric effect near room temperature in Co substituted NiMnSb Heusler alloys
The effect of Co on the structural, magnetic and magnetocaloric effect (MCE) of Ni50-xCoxMn38Sb12 (x=0,2,3,4,5) Heusler alloys was studied. Using x-ray diffraction, we show the evolution of the martensitic phase from the austenite phase. The martensitic transition temperature is found to decrease monotonically with Co ...
1006.0072v1
2010-11-26
Weak itinerant ferromagnetism in Heusler type Fe2VAl0.95
We report measurements of the magnetic, transport and thermal properties of the Heusler type compound Fe2VAl0.95. We show that while stoichiometric Fe2VAl is a non-magnetic semi-metal a 5% substitution on the Al-site with the 3d elements Fe and V atoms leads to a ferromagnetic ground state with a Curie temperature TC =...
1011.5704v1
2011-02-25
CuMn-V compounds: a transition from semimetal low-temperature to semiconductor high-temperature antiferromagnets
We report on a theoretical and experimental study of CuMn-V antiferromagnets. Previous works showed low-temperature antiferomagnetism and semimetal electronic structure of the semi-Heusler CuMnSb. In this paper we present theoretical predictions of high-temperature antiferromagnetism in the stable orthorhombic phases o...
1102.5373v1
2011-07-25
Half-Heusler semiconductors as piezoelectrics
One of the central challenges in materials science is the design of functional and multifunctional materials, in which large responses are produced by applied fields and stresses. A rapidly developing paradigm for the rational design of such materials is based on the first-principles study of a large materials family, ...
1107.5078v2
2013-07-08
Recent Advances in Nanostructured Thermoelectric Half-Heusler Compounds
Half-Heusler (HH) alloys have attracted considerable interest as promising thermoelectric (TE) materials in the temperature range around 700 K and above, which is close to the temperature range of most industrial waste heat sources. The past few years have seen nanostructuing play an important role in significantly enh...
1307.2156v1
2013-11-28
Local magnetism and structural properties of Heusler Ni$_2$MnGa alloys
We present a detailed experimental study of bulk and powder samples of the Heusler shape memory alloy Ni$_2$MnGa, including zero-field static and dynamic $^{55}$Mn NMR experiments, X-ray powder diffraction and magnetization experiments. The NMR spectra give direct access to the sequence of structural phase transitions ...
1311.7414v1
2015-09-20
Electronic structure, magnetism and antisite disorder in CoFeCrGe and CoMnCrAl quaternary Heusler alloys
We present a combined theoretical and experimental study of two quaternary Heusler alloys CoFeCrGe (CFCG) and CoMnCrAl (CMCA), promising candidates for spintronics applications. Magnetization measurement shows the saturation magnetization and transition temperature to be $3\; \mu_B$, $866$ K and $0.9 \; \mu_B$, $358$ K...
1509.05971v2
2016-04-05
Composition induced metal-insulator quantum phase transition in the Heusler type Fe2VAl
We report the magnetism and transport properties of the Heusler compound Fe2+xV1-xAl at -0.10 < x < 0.10 under pressure and a magnetic field. A metal-insulator quantum phase transition occurred at x = -0.05. Application of pressure or a magnetic field facilitated the emergence of finite zero-temperature conductivity ar...
1604.01114v2
2016-07-19
Lattice Thermal Conductivity of NiTiSn Half-Heusler Thermoelectric Materials from First-Principles Calculations
The microscopic physics behind the lattice thermal conductivity of NiTiSn is investigated using first-principles-based anharmonic lattice dynamics. The calcu lated lattice thermal conductivity of bulk materials (5.3 W/m.K) is in good agreement with the experimental value at the optimal working temper ature (700 K), but...
1607.05558v1
2017-03-03
Discovery of Magnetic Antiskyrmions Beyond Room Temperature in Tetragonal Heusler Materials
Skyrmions, topologically stable spin textures, are of great interest for new generations of spintronic devices. In general, the stabilization of skyrmions has been achieved in systems with broken inversion symmetry, where the asymmetric Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interaction (DMI) modifies the uniform magnetic state to a sw...
1703.01017v1
2018-06-04
Atomistic Study of the Electronic Contact Resistivity Between the Half-Heusler Alloys (HfCoSb, HfZrCoSb, HfZrNiSn) and the Metal Ag
Half-Heusler(HH) alloys have shown promising thermoelectric properties in the medium and high temperature range. To harness these material properties for thermoelectric applications, it is important to realize electrical contacts with low electrical contact resistivity. However, little is known about the detailed struc...
1806.01375v1
2019-04-04
\textit{Ab initio} study of Bi-based half Heusler alloys as potential thermoelectric prospects
We investigated six heavy element bismuth-based 18-VEC half-Heusler alloys CoTiBi, CoZrBi, CoHfBi, FeVBi, FeNbBi, and FeTaBi by first principles approach, in search of better thermoelectric prospects. The motivation is driven by expected lower thermal conductivity and the recent discovery of CoZrBi-based materials. Sig...
1904.02488v1
2018-02-01
Stability of Room Temperature Compensated Half-Metallicity in Cr-based Inverse-Heusler Compounds
Using three correlated band approaches, namely the conventional band approach plus on-site Coulomb repulsion $U$, the modified Becke-Johnson functional, and hybrid functional, we have investigated inverse-Heusler ferrimagnets Cr$_2$Co${\cal Z}$ (${\cal Z}$=Al, Ga, In). These approaches commonly indicate that the Cr$_2$...
1802.00125v2
2018-02-28
Magnetocaloric effect in some magnetic materials in alternating magnetic fields up to 22 Hz
Direct measurements of the magnetocaloric effect (MCE) in different materials (Gd, Fe48Rh52, Ni43Mn37.9In12.1Co7 and Ni2.07Co0.09Mn0.84Ga) in alternating magnetic fields with frequencies f < 22 Hz and an amplitude deltaH = 6.2 kOe are carried out. The MCE in Gd shows inconsiderable changes with field frequency. Near pa...
1802.10391v1
2018-08-21
Negative longitudinal magnetoresistance as a sign of a possible chiral magnetic anomaly in the half-Heusler antiferromagnet DyPdBi
Magnetotransport investigation of a half-Heusler antiferromagnet DyPdBi revealed hallmark features of Weyl semimetal: huge negative longitudinal magnetoresistance and planar Hall effect. Both effects have recently been linked to chiral magnetic anomaly - axial charge pumping between Weyl nodes. Magnetoresistance (MR) o...
1808.06856v2
2021-03-29
Prediction of electronic and half metallic properties of Mn$_2$YSn (Y = Mo, Nb, Zr) Heusler alloys
We investigate the structural, electronic and magnetic properties of the full Heusler compounds Mn$_2$YSn (Y = Mo, Nb, Zr) by first-principles density functional theory using the generalized gradient approximation. It is found that the calculated lattice constants are in good agreement with the theoretical values. We o...
2103.15542v1
2016-03-15
Quasiparticle band structure of the almost-gapless transition-metal-based Heusler semiconductors
Transition-metal-based Heusler semiconductors are promising materials for a variety of applications ranging from spintronics to thermoelectricity. Employing the $GW$ approximation within the framework of the FLAPW method, we study the quasi-particle band structure of a number of such compounds being almost gapless semi...
1603.04677v1
2017-10-07
Effect of multinary substitution on electronic and transport properties of TiCoSb based half-Heusler alloys
The electronic structures of TixZrx/2CoPbxTex, TixZrx/2Hfx/2CoPbxTex (x = 0.5), and the parent compound TiCoSb were investigated using the full potential linearized augmented plane wave method. The thermoelectric transport properties of these alloys are calculated on the basis of semi-classical Boltzmann transport theo...
1710.02639v1
2018-04-23
Thermoelectric performance of p-type half-Heusler alloys ScMSb (M = Ni, Pd, Pt) by ab initio calculations
Structural, electronic, and transport properties of ScNiSb, ScPdSb, and ScPtSb were investigated from first principles. Electronic band structures derived within the fully relativistic MBJLDA approach were compared with those obtained from the standard GGA calculations. All the compounds studied exhibit indirect narrow...
1804.08423v1
2019-03-28
Surface resonance of the Heusler half metal Co2MnSi probed by SX-ARPES
Heusler compounds are promising materials for spintronics with adjustable electronic properties including 100% spin polarization at the Fermi energy. We investigate the electronic states of AlOx capped epitaxial thin films of the ferromagnetic half metal Co2MnSi ex-situ by soft X-ray angular resolved photoemission spec...
1903.11840v1
2019-05-25
Magnetic 2D electron liquid at the surface of Heusler semiconductors
Conducting and magnetic properties of a material often change in some confined geometries. However, a situation where a non-magnetic semiconductor becomes both metallic and magnetic at the surface is quite rare, and to the best of our knowledge has never been observed in experiment. In this work, we employ first-princi...
1905.10541v1
2021-08-11
Critical Magnetic Behavior of the Half Heusler Alloy RhCrSi: Monte Carlo Study
In this paper, we study the critical magnetic properties of the Half Heusler alloy RhCrSi, using Monte Carlo simulations (MCS) under the Metropolis algorithm. In fact, to study this alloy, we apply an Ising model using the MCS simulations, we concentrate only on the magnetic atoms: Rh and Cr. For this purpose, these ma...
2108.05162v1
2021-09-02
A first-principles investigation of pressure induced topological phase transition in Half-Heusler AgSrBi
Topological Insulators (TI) are materials with novel quantum states which exhibit a bulk insulating gap while the edge/surface is conducting. This has been extensively explored in several Half-Heusler (HH) compounds hosting the exotic TI behaviour. In the present work we employ, first-principles based Density Functiona...
2109.01108v1
2021-11-28
Electronic properties of the Weyl semimetals Co$_2$MnX (X=Si, Ge, Sn)
Using first-principles electronic structure calculations, we show that ferromagnetic Heusler compounds Co$_2$MnX (X= Si, Ge, Sn) present non-trivial topological characteristics and belong to the category of Weyl semimetals. These materials exhibit two topologically interesting band crossings near the Fermi level. These...
2111.14135v1
2022-05-07
First-principle calculations on Li2CuSb: A novel material for lithium-ion batteries
We investigate the Li2CuSb full-Heusler alloy using the first-principles electronic structure calculations and propose the electrochemical lithiation in this alloy. Band structure calculations suggest the presence of metallic nature in this alloy contrary to half-metallic nature as predicted for most of the members of ...
2205.03631v1
2022-11-23
Molecular Beam Epitaxy of a Half-Heusler Topological Superconductor Candidate YPtBi
The search for topological superconductivity has motivated investigations into materials that combine topological and superconducting properties. The half-Heusler compound YPtBi appears to be such a material, however experiments have thus far been limited to bulk single crystals, drastically limiting the scope of avail...
2211.13106v1
2023-02-15
Magnetic phase diagram of the austenitic Mn-rich Ni-Mn-(In,Sn) Heusler alloys
Heusler compounds have been intensively studied owing to the important technological advancements that they provide in the field of shape memory, thermomagnetic energy conversion and spintronics. Many of their intriguing properties are ultimately governed by their magnetic states and understanding and possibly tuning t...
2302.07550v1
2023-11-26
Machine Learning-based estimation and explainable artificial intelligence-supported interpretation of the critical temperature from magnetic ab initio Heusler alloys data
Machine Learning (ML) has impacted numerous areas of materials science, most prominently improving molecular simulations, where force fields were trained on previously relaxed structures. One natural next step is to predict material properties beyond structure. In this work, we investigate the applicability and explain...
2311.15423v1
2018-01-10
Prediction of a magnetic Weyl semimetal without spin-orbit coupling and strong anomalous Hall effect in the Heusler compensated ferrimagnet Ti2MnAl
We predict a magnetic Weyl semimetal in the inverse Heusler Ti2MnAl, a compensated ferrimagnet with a vanishing net magnetic moment and a Curie temperature of over 650 K. Despite the vanishing net magnetic moment, we calculate a large intrinsic anomalous Hall effect (AHE) of about 300 S/cm. It derives from the Berry cu...
1801.03273v3
1994-10-27
Band gap and stability in the ternary intermetallic compounds NiSnM (M = Ti, Zr, Hf): A first principles study
The structural stability and electronic properties of the ternary intermetallic compounds NiSnM (M = Ti, Zr, Hf) and the closely related Heusler compounds Ni$_2$SnM are discussed using the results of ab initio pseudopotential total energy and band-structure calculations performed with a plane wave basis set using the c...
9411001v2
2009-02-18
Majority-spin non-quasiparticle states in half-metallic ferrimagnet Mn$_2$VAl
The density of non-quasiparticle states in the ferrimagnetic full-Heuslers Mn$_2$VAl alloy is calculated from first principles upon appropriate inclusion of correlations. In contrast to most half-metallic compounds, this material displays an energy gap in the majority-spin spectrum. For this situation, non-quasiparticl...
0902.3109v1
2009-08-21
Nonzero macroscopic magnetization in half-metallic antiferromagnets at finite temperatures
Combining density-functional theory calculations with many-body Green's-function technique, we reveal that the macroscopic magnetization in half-metallic antiferromagnets does not vanish at finite temperature as for the T=0 limit. This anomalous behavior stems from the inequivalent magnetic sublattices which lead to di...
0908.3044v1
2011-12-09
Spin polarized tunneling in MgO-based tunnel junctions with superconducting electrodes
We prepared magnetic tunnel junctions with one ferromagnetic and one superconducting Al-Si electrode. Pure cobalt electrodes were compared with a Co-Fe-B alloy and the Heusler compound Co2FeAl. The polarization of the tunneling electrons was determined using the Maki-Fulde-model and is discussed along with the spin-orb...
1112.2110v1
2019-10-29
Possible martensitic transformation in Pd2MnTi and Pt2MnTi: First-principles investigation
The martensitic transformation in new-type all-d-metal Heusler alloys Pd2MnTi and Pt2MnTi have been investigated based on first-principles investigations. The calculated results indicate that the martenstic transformation have great possibility to occur in both Pd2MnTi and Pt2MnTi. The energy differences between the cu...
1910.13075v1
2019-10-11
Band structure tuning of Heusler compounds revisited: Spin- and momentum-resolved electronic structure analysis of compounds with different band filling
Spin-filtered time-of-flight photoelectron momentum microscopy reveals a systematic variation of the band structure within a series of highly spin-polarized ferromagnetic Heusler compounds with increasing number of valence electrons (Co2MnGa, Co2MnSi and Co2Fe0.4Mn0.6Si). The positions of the Fermi energy for minority ...
1910.05205v1
2023-03-15
High spin-polarization in a disordered novel quaternary Heusler alloy FeMnVGa
In this work, we report the successful synthesis of a Fe-based novel half-metallic quaternary Heusler alloy FeMnVGa and its structural, magnetic and transport properties probed through different experimental methods and theoretical technique. Density functional theory (DFT) calculations performed on different types of ...
2303.08579v1
2018-06-18
Anomalous Nernst effect beyond the magnetization scaling relation in the ferromagnetic Heusler compound Co$_2$MnGa
Applying a temperature gradient in a magnetic material generates a voltage that is perpendicular to both the heat flow and the magnetization. This is the anomalous Nernst effect (ANE) which was thought to be proportional to the value of the magnetization for a long time. However, more generally, the ANE has been predic...
1806.06753v1
2018-09-13
High-Throughput Calculations of Thermal Conductivity in Nanoporous Materials: The Case of Half-Heusler Compounds
Achieving low thermal conductivity and good electrical properties is a crucial condition for thermal energy harvesting materials. Nanostructuring offers a very powerful tool to address both requirements: in nanostructured materials, boundaries preferentially scatter phonons compared to electrons. The search for low-the...
1809.04751v1
2017-04-01
Native defects in the Co$_2$Ti$Z$ ($Z=$ Si, Ge, Sn) full Heusler alloys: formation and influence on the thermoelectric properties
We have performed first-principles investigations on the native defects in the full Heusler alloys Co$_2$Ti$Z$ ($Z$ one of the group IV elements Si, Ge, Sn), determining their formation energies and how they influence the transport properties. We find that Co vacancies (Vc) in all compounds and the Ti$_\text{Sn}$ anti-...
1704.00149v2
2019-10-17
High electrical conductivity in the epitaxial polar metals LaAuGe and LaPtSb
Polar metals are an intriguing class of materials that simultaneously host free carriers and polar structural distortions. Despite the name "polar metal," however, most well-studied polar metals are poor electrical conductors. Here, we demonstrate the molecular beam epitaxial (MBE) growth of LaPtSb and LaAuGe, two pola...
1910.07685v1
2018-12-12
First-principles prediction of half-Heusler half-metals above room temperature
Half-metallicity (HM) offers great potential for engineering spintronic applications, yet only few magnetic materials present metallicity in just one spin channel. In addition, most HM systems become magnetically disordered at temperatures well below ambient conditions, which further hinders the development of spin-bas...
1812.04813v1
2020-09-24
Electronic correlations in the semiconducting half-Heusler compound FeVSb
Electronic correlations are crucial to the low energy physics of metallic systems with localized $d$ and $f$ states; however, their effect on band insulators and semiconductors is typically negligible. Here, we measure the electronic structure of the half-Heusler compound FeVSb, a band insulator with filled shell confi...
2009.11489v2
2022-07-11
Hybrid Bloch-Néel spiral states in Mn$_{1.4}$PtSn probed by resonant soft x-ray scattering
Multiple intriguing phenomena have recently been discovered in tetragonal Heusler compounds, where $D_{2d}$ symmetry sets a unique interplay between Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya (DM) and magnetic dipolar interactions. In the prototype $D_{2d}$ compound Mn$_{1.4}$PtSn, this has allowed the stabilization of exotic spin textures...
2207.04968v1
2023-01-24
Ab initio Prediction of Mechanical, Electronic, Magnetic and Transport Properties of Bulk and Heterostructure of a Novel Fe-Cr based Full Heusler Chalcogenide
Using electronic structure calculations based on density functional theory, we predict and study the structural, mechanical, electronic, magnetic and transport properties of a new full Heusler chalcogenide, namely, Fe$_2$CrTe, both in bulk and heterostructure form. The system shows a ferromagnetic and half-metallic(HM)...
2301.09843v1
1998-01-28
Electronic Structure, Local Moments and Transport in Fe_2VAl
Local spin density approximation calculations are used to elucidate electronic and magnetic properties of Heusler structure Fe_2VAl. The compound is found to be a low carrier density semimetal. The Fermi surface has small hole pockets derived from a triply degenerate Fe derived state at Gamma compensated by an V derive...
9801302v1
2011-01-31
Ferrimagnetism and disorder in epitaxial Mn(2-x)Co(x)VAl thin films
The quaternary full Heusler compound Mn(2-x)Co(x)VAl with x = 1 is predicted to be a half-metallic antiferromagnet. Thin films of the quaternary compounds with x = 0...2 were prepared by DC and RF magnetron co-sputtering on heated MgO (001) substrates. The magnetic structure was examined by x-ray magnetic circular dich...
1101.5994v1
2016-07-01
Ultra-high vacuum compatible induction-heated rod casting furnace
We report the design of a radio-frequency induction-heated rod casting furnace that permits the preparation of polycrystalline ingots of intermetallic compounds under ultra-high vacuum compatible conditions. The central part of the system is a bespoke water-cooled Hukin crucible supporting a casting mold. Depending on ...
1607.00821v1
2018-08-17
Magnetic and structural properties of Co$_2$MnSi based Heusler compound
The influence of antisite disorder occupancies on the magnetic properties of the half-metallic Co$_2$MnSi compound was studied by experimental techniques and first-principles calculations. The neutron diffraction studies show almost identical amount of Mn and Co disorders of 6.5\% and 7.6\%, which was found to be in go...
1808.05743v3
2020-02-06
Thermal dependence of the mechanical properties of NiTiSn using first-principles calculations and high-pressure X-ray diffraction
In this work we aim to study the effect of temperature on the mechanical properties of a solid. For this, we have introduced a new first-principles based methodology to obtain the thermal variation of the elastic constants of NiTiSn, a multifunctional Heusler compound. In parallel using X-ray diffraction, we have measu...
2002.02161v1
2018-01-22
Effect of density functionals on the vibrational and thermodynamic properties of Fe$_{2}$VAl and Fe$_{2}$TiSn compounds
First-principles phonon calculations along with Kohn-Sham density functional theory (DFT) is an essential tool to study the lattice dynamics, thermodynamical properties and phase-transitions of materials. The two full-Heusler compounds Fe$_{2}$VAl and Fe$_{2}$TiSn are studied for lattice vibration dependent properties ...
1801.06980v2
2006-12-07
Influence of mixing the low-valent transition metal atoms (Y,Y$^*$=Cr,Mn,Fe) on the properties of the quaternary Co$_2$[Y$_{1-x}$Y$^*_x$]Z (Z=Al,Ga,Si,Ge,Sn) Heusler compounds
We complement our study on the doping and disorder in Co$_2$MnZ compounds [I. Galanakis \textit{et al.}, Appl. Phys. Lett. \textbf{89}, 042502 (2006) and K. \"Ozdo\~gan \textit{et al.}, Phys. Rev. B \textbf{74}, (2006)] to cover also the quaterarny Co$_2$[Y$_{1-x}$Y$^*_x$]Z compounds with the lower-valent transition me...
0612194v1
2014-06-03
Design and discovery of a novel Half-Heusler transparent hole conductor made of all-metallic heavy elements
Metallic conductors that are optically transparent represent a rare breed of generally contraindicated physical properties that are nevertheless critically needed for application where both functionalities are crucial. Such rare materials have traditionally been searched in the general chemical neighborhood of compound...
1406.0872v2
2019-10-30
Magnon spectrum of the Weyl semimetal half-Heusler compound GdPtBi
The compound GdPtBi is known as a material where the non-trivial topology of electronic bands interplays with an antiferromagnetic order, which leads to the emergence of many interesting magnetotransport phenomena. Although the magnetic structure of the compound has previously been reliably determined, the magnetic int...
1910.13845v2
2014-06-26
Unusual weak magnetic exchange in two different structure types: YbPt$_2$Sn and YbPt$_2$In
We present the structural, magnetic, thermodynamic, and transport properties of the two new compounds YbPt$_2$Sn and YbPt$_2$In. X-ray powder diffraction shows that they crystallize in different structure types, the hexagonal ZrPt$_2$Al and the cubic Heusler type, respectively. Despite quite different lattice types, bo...
1406.6800v2
2020-10-06
Tailoring magnetocaloric effect in all-d-metal Ni-Co-Mn-Ti Heusler alloys: a combined experimental and theoretical study
Novel Ni-Co-Mn-Ti all-d-metal Heusler alloys are exciting due to large multicaloric effects combined with enhanced mechanical properties. An optimized heat treatment for a series of these compounds leads to very sharp phase transitions in bulk alloys with isothermal entropy changes of up to 38 J kg$^{-1}$ K$^{-1}$ for ...
2010.02620v2
2008-10-10
Anomalous Magnetic Properties in Ni50Mn35In15
We present here a comprehensive investigation of the magnetic ordering in Ni50Mn35In15 composition. A concomitant first order martensitic transition and the magnetic ordering occurring in this off-stoichiometric Heusler compound at room temperature signifies the multifunctional character of this magnetic shape memory a...
0810.1850v1
2010-12-15
Exchange interactions and Curie temperatures in Mn2CoZ compounds
The generalized Heusler compounds Mn2CoZ (Z = Al, Ga, In, Si, Ge, Sn, Sb) with the Hg2CuTi structure are of large interest due to their half-metallic ferrimagnetism. The complex magnetic interactions between the constituents are studied by first principles calculations of the Heisenberg exchange coupling parameters, an...
1012.3261v1