Heusler compounds are a remarkable class of intermetallic materials with 1: 1: 1 (often
called Half-Heusler) or 2: 1: 1 composition comprising more than 1500 members. Today …

Heusler compounds are a large group of intermetallic compositions with versatile material
properties. In recent times, they are found to be important for their practical applications in …

Rare-earth intermetallics, also known as lanthanide elements, play an important role in the
study of magnetic materials and the development of semi-and super-conducting materials …

Purpose Since the role of short-and long-term intraocular pressure (IOP) fluctuation as a
predictor of glaucoma progression is still controversial, the purpose of this study was to …

Several physical properties of the superconducting Heusler compounds, focusing on two
systems (Sc, Y, Lu) Pd 2 Sn and A Pd 2 M, where A= Hf, Zr and M= Al, In, are summarized …

Adiabatic demagnetization is currently gaining strong interest in searching for alternatives to
3He-based refrigeration techniques for achieving temperatures below 2 K. The main …

This work reports on four more Heusler superconductors: Pd 2 ZrAl, Pd 2 HfAl, Pd 2 ZrIn, and
Pd 2 HfIn. These compounds exhibit superconducting transition temperatures ranging from …

The electronic and magnetic properties of the ZrFeTiAl, ZrFeTiSi, ZrFeTiGe and ZrNiTiAl
quaternary Heusler compounds have been investigated using first-principles calculations …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses stannides of rare-earth and transition metals.
The discovery of new physical effects in intermetallic compounds, such as intermediate …

Publisher Summary This chapter discusses the magnetic properties of ternary intermetallic
rare-earth compounds. The values of the effective moments are deduced from the …