As half-Heusler compounds are promising candidates for environmentally friendly and low-
cost thermoelectric materials, not only a high figure of merit and efficiency are necessary but …

Using a full-relativistic version of the full-potential augmented plane wave plus local orbitals
(FP-APW+ lo) method within the local density approximation (LDA), we have studied the …

Filled skutterudite compounds with a chemical formula AT4X12 (A= rare earth, actinide,
alkaline, or alkaline earth elements; T= Co, Ni, Rh, etc.; X= pnictogen) have been intensively …

We will presented the study of structural, electronic and elastic properties of Laves phase
based on rare earth type BaM 2 (M= Rh, Pd, Pt). For this, we used the method of linear …

This study focuses on the detailed investigation of full-Heusler AlXIr 2 (X= Co, Cr, Cu, Fe and
Zn) alloys. A first-principal plane-wave pseudopotential method based on density functional …

The present article provides a comprehensive compilation and discussion of mechanical
properties of unfilled and filled skutterudites, covering thermal expansion, Vickers hardness …

Emergent passion for half-Heusler alloys is due to their drastic thermoelectric properties for
tremendous applications in spintronics. The detailed physical insight of the elastic …

Time-of-flight and resonant ultrasound spectroscopy techniques were employed for elastic
moduli measurements on a set of various Fe4Sb12-and Co4Sb12-based skutterudites filled …

Structural, elastic, optoelectronic and thermodynamic properties of REGa 3 (RE= Sc and Lu)
compounds have been studied self consistently by employing state of the art full potential …

The high-pressure structural (B1–B2) phase transition and the elastic properties of ScS and
ScSe are studied using the full-potential augmented plane wave plus local orbitals method …