Orbital-selective band engineering realizes high zT in p-type Ru2Ti1−xHfxSi full-Heusler thermoelectrics [PDF]
Nature CommunicationsHeusler compounds have emerged as important thermoelectric materials due to their combination of promising electronic transport properties, mechanical robustness and chemical stability – key aspects for practical device integration. While a wide range of
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Observation of a topologically non-trivial surface state in half-Heusler PtLuSb (001) thin films [PDF]
Nature Communications, 2016 Half-Heusler compounds are predicted to bear topological properties, which is yet to be experimentally evidenced. Here, Logan et al.report experimental evidence of a topological surface state in epitaxially grown thin films of the half-Heusler compound ...
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Metals, 2021 In this study, the non-isothermal kinetics of the martensitic transition from 14M modulated martensite to austenite phase in Ni55Fe19Ga26 ribbons obtained by melt-spinning has been analyzed. The proximity of the martensitic transition to room temperature
Alejandro F. Manchón-Gordón +6 more
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Prediction of electronic and half metallic properties of Mn_2YSn (Y = Mo, Nb, Zr) Heusler alloys
Condensed Matter Physics, 2021 We investigate the structural, electronic and magnetic properties of the full Heusler compounds Mn_2YSn (Y = Mo, Nb, Zr) by first- principles density functional theory using the generalized gradient approximation.
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Condensed Matter Physics, 2021 Topological nontrivial nature are the latest phases to be discovered in condensed matter physics with insulating bulk band gaps and topologically protected metallic surface states; they are one of the current hot topics because of their unique properties
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GGA and GGA Plus U Study of Half-Metallic Quaternary Heusler Compound CoCrScSn
Frontiers in Physics, 2020 The structural, mechanical, electronic, magnetic, and half-metallic properties of quaternary Heusler compound CoCrScSn are studied using the GGA and GGA + U method based on first-principles calculations.
Chuankun Zhang +5 more
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A Systematic Approach for Semiconductor Half-Heusler
Frontiers in Materials, 2021 The key to designing a half-Heusler begins from the understanding of atomic interactions within the compound. However, this pool of knowledge in half-Heusler compounds is briefly segregated in many papers for specific explanations.
Wei Yang Samuel Lim +7 more
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Preparation and structural properties of thin films and multilayers of the Heusler compounds Cu2MnAl, Co2MnSn, Co2MnSi and Co2MnGe [PDF]
, 2002 We report on the preparation of thin films and multilayers of the intermetallic Heusler compound CuMnAl, Co2MnSn, Co2MnSi and Co2MnGe by rf-sputtering on MgO and Al2O3 substrates.
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Heusler alloys for spintronic devices: review on recent development and future perspectives
Science and Technology of Advanced Materials, 2021 Heusler alloys are theoretically predicted to become half-metals at room temperature (RT). The advantages of using these alloys are good lattice matching with major substrates, high Curie temperature above RT and intermetallic controllability for spin ...
Kelvin Elphick +7 more
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High-throughput design of perpendicular magnetic anisotropy at quaternary Heusler and MgO interfaces
npj Computational Materials, 2023 Heusler alloys combined with MgO interfaces exhibit interfacial perpendicular magnetic anisotropy, making them attractive for energy-efficient spintronic technologies.
Sicong Jiang, Kesong Yang
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