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Covalent bonding and the nature of band gaps in some half-Heusler compounds

, 2005
Half-Heusler compounds \textit{XYZ}, also called semi-Heusler compounds, crystallize in the MgAgAs structure, in the space group $F\bar43m$. We report a systematic examination of band gaps and the nature (covalent or ionic) of bonding in semiconducting 8-
Brewer L, Claudia Felser, Hem Chandra Kandpal, Jepsen O Andersen O K, Nanda B R K, Ram Seshadri, Stoner E C, Villars P, Zintl E   +8 more
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Magnetic and Thermoelectric properties of RbCaYF(Y= C and N) Heusler alloys: Promising Candidates for Embedded Systems in Telecommunications

East European Journal of Physics
On the basis of density functional theory, the structural, electronic, magnetic and thermoelectric properties of the d0 new quaternary Heusler alloys RbCaYF (Y= C and N) have been analyzed by means of first-principles calculations.
Kheira Bahnes, Saliha Rezini, Amel Abbad, Wissam Benstaali, Noureddine Saidi, Omar Belarbi   +5 more
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Surface Properties of the Half- and Full-Heusler Alloys

, 2002
Using a full-potential \textit{ab-initio} technique I study the electronic and magnetic properties of the (001) surfaces of the half-Heusler alloys, NiMnSb, CoMnSb and PtMnSb and of the full-Heusler alloys Co$_2$MnGe, Co$_2$MnSi and Co$_2$CrAl.
Brown P J, Caballero J A, Galanakis I, Galanakis I, Hanssen K E H M, I Galanakis, Ishida S, Ishida S, Jenkins S J, Kirillova M N, Kübler J, Mancoff F B, Papanikolaou N, Pierre J, Ristoiu D, Vosko S H, Webster P J, Webster P J, Wijs G A, Youn S J, Zhu W   +20 more
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Spin-polarization and electronic properties of half-metallic Heusler alloys calculated from first-principles

, 2006
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.
Galanakis, I., Mavropoulos, Ph.
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First-principles study on electronic structure, magnetism and half-metallicity of the NbCoCrAl and NbRhCrAl compounds

Results in Physics, 2017
The electronic structure, magnetism and half-metallicity of quaternary Heusler compounds NbCoCrAl and NbRhCrAl were investigated theoretically by using first-principles calculations.
Y. Li, G.D. Liu, X.T. Wang, E.K. Liu, X.K. Xi, W.H. Wang, G.H. Wu, L.Y. Wang, X.F. Dai   +8 more
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Half-metallicity and Slater-Pauling behavior in the ferromagnetic Heusler alloys

, 2004
Introductory chapter for the book "Halfmetallic Alloys - Fundamentals and Applications" to be published in the series Springer Lecture Notes on Physics, P. H. Dederichs and I. Galanakis (eds).
A. Debernardi, A. Kimura, A. Stroppa, A.R. Williams, Akinaga, B.R.K. Nanda, Bach, Boeck, C.N. Borca, C.N. Borca, C.T. Tanaka, C.T. Tanaka, Caballero, Caballero, Caruso, D. Brown, D. Jung, D. Orgassa, E. Sasioglou, F. Heusler, F.B. Mancoff, Felser, Feng, G.A. Wijs, G.L. Bona, Galanakis, Geiersbach, Giapintzakis, H. Akai, H. Kato, Hill, I. Galanakis, I. Galanakis, I. Galanakis, I. Galanakis, I. Galanakis, I. Galanakis, I. Žutić, Inomata, Ishida, J. Kübler, J. Kübler, J. Kübler, J. Pierre, J.-H. Park, J.C. Suits, Jones, K. Watanabe, K. Westerholt, K.A. Kilian, K.R.A. Ziebeck, Kämmerer, L. Chioncel, M. Horne, M.M. Kirillova, Mavropoulos, Mazin, Mijnarends, Miura, N. Papanikolaou, P. Larson, P.G. van Engen, P.J. Brown, Picozzi, R. Kelekar, R. Zeller, R. Zeller, R.A. de Groot, R.A. de Groot, R.J. Soulen Jr., Raphael, Ritchie, Roy, S. Datta, S. Fujii, S. Fujii, S. Ishida, S. Picozzi, S. Picozzi, S.H. Vosko, S.J. Jenkins, S.J. Jenkins, S.K. Clowes, Skomski, T. Shishidou, Tobola, W. Pendl, W. Zhu, Webster, Wolf, Yablonskikh, Yang, Zhang, Zhao   +93 more
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Looking for new thermoelectric materials among the TMX intermetallics using high-throughput calculations

, 2018
Within 4 different crystal structures, 2280 ternary intermetallic configurations have been investigated via high-throughput density functional theory calculations in order to discover new semiconducting materials.
Alleno, Eric, Barreteau, Celine, Crivello, Jean-Claude, Joubert, Jean-Marc   +3 more
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Synthesis and Thermoelectric Properties of Ni-Doped ZrCoSb Half-Heusler Compounds

Metals, 2018
The Ni-doped ZrCo1−xNixSb half-Heusler compounds were prepared by arc-melting and spark plasma sintering technology. X-ray diffraction analysis results showed that all samples were crystallized in a half-Heusler phase.
Degang Zhao, Lin Wang, Lin Bo, Di Wu
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Gold-Gold Bonding: The Key to Stabilizing the 19-Electron Ternary Phases LnAuSb (Ln = La-Nd and Sm) as New Dirac Semimetals

, 2015
We report a new family of ternary 111 hexagonal LnAuSb (Ln = La-Nd, Sm) compounds that, with a 19 valence electron count, has one extra electron compared to all other known LnAuZ compound.
Cava, Robert J., Fuccillo, Michael K., Gibson, Quinn D., Krizan, Jason W., Schoop, Leslie M., Seibel, Elizabeth M., Webb, James B., Xie, Weiwei   +7 more
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Enhancing the half-metallicity of equiatomic quaternary Heusler compound CoFeCrGe via atomic doping

Results in Physics, 2019
Recently, the equiatomic quaternary Heusler alloy CoFeCrGe has been demonstrated to be half-metallic ferromagnet and possesses high Curie temperature of 866 K (Enamullah et al., 2015).
Zhou Cui, Bo Wu, Xin Ruan, Qiwen Zhou, Zhenyan Liu, Xiaoyi Fu, Yu Feng   +6 more
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