The Electronic Structure and Magnetic Properties of Full- and Half-Heusler Alloys

Svetlana E. Kulkova; Sergey V. Eremeev; Tomoyuki Kakeshita; Sergey S. Kulkov; Gennadiy E. Rudenski

doi:10.2320/matertrans.47.599

Svetlana E. Kulkova, Sergey V. Eremeev, Tomoyuki Kakeshita, Sergey S. Kulkov, Gennadiy E. Rudenski

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Keywords: Heusler alloys, electronic band structure, magnetic properties

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2006 Volume 47 Issue 3 Pages 599-606

DOI https://doi.org/10.2320/matertrans.47.599

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Abstract

The electronic structure of the full- and half-Heusler alloys have been studied by ab-initio calculations using full potential augmented plane-wave-method (FLAPW). It was shown that obtained equilibrium lattice parameters and magnetic moments agree well with available experimental data. The influence of vacancies on the electronic structure and magnetic properties of Ni_2−xMnGa and Co_2−xZrSn is analyzed.

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