Search for Half-Metallic Compounds in Co_2MnZ (Z=IIIb, IVb, Vb Element)

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Electronic structures of Heusler alloys Co₂MnZ (Z=sp elements) were calculated to search half-metallic compounds. In this paper, it will be shown that stoichiometric compounds Co₂MnZ are half-metallic when Z is Si and Ge. Considering the effect of Z atom on the band structure, we can predict that there are half-metallic compounds in nonstoichiometric compounds Co₂MnZ_1-xZ_x' and that the position of the Fermi level is adjustable in the energy gap of the minority-spin state by changing the composition x.