Simple rules for the understanding of Heusler compounds

T Graf, C Felser, SSP Parkin - Progress in solid state chemistry, 2011 - Elsevier
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 alloys for spintronic devices: review on recent development and future perspectives

K Elphick, W Frost, M Samiepour, T Kubota… - … and technology of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
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 …

Spintronics: a challenge for materials science and solid‐state chemistry

C Felser, GH Fecher, B Balke - … Chemie International Edition, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Spintronics is a multidisciplinary field involving physics, chemistry, and engineering, and is a
new research area for solid‐state scientists. A variety of new materials must be found to …

Highly spin-polarized materials and devices for spintronics

K Inomata, N Ikeda, N Tezuka, R Goto… - … and Technology of …, 2008 - iopscience.iop.org
The performance of spintronics depends on the spin polarization of the current. In this study
half-metallic Co-based full-Heusler alloys and a spin filtering device (SFD) using a …

Half-metalicity, mechanical, optical, thermodynamic, and thermoelectric properties of full Heusler alloys Co2TiZ (Z = Si; Ge; Sn)

MY Raïâ, R Masrour, M Hamedoun, J Kharbach… - Optical and Quantum …, 2023 - Springer
Abstract We have predicted Co2TiZ (Z= Si; Ge and Sn) full Heusler alloys are being a half-
metallic ferromagnet by the first-principle calculations using FPLAPW based on DFT. The …

Properties of the quaternary half-metal-type Heusler alloy

B Balke, GH Fecher, HC Kandpal, C Felser… - Physical Review B …, 2006 - APS
This paper reports on the bulk properties of the quaternary Heusler alloy Co 2 Mn 1− x Fe x
Si with the Fe concentration x= 0, 1∕ 2, 1. All samples, which were prepared by arc melting …

Recent advances in the Heusler based spin-gapless semiconductors

X Wang, Z Cheng, J Wang, XL Wang… - Journal of Materials …, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
In recent years, spin-gapless semiconductors (SGSs) have received considerable interest in
the fields of condensed matter physics and materials sciences due to their potential …

Flexible and tough superelastic Co–Cr alloys for biomedical applications

T Odaira, S Xu, K Hirata, X Xu, T Omori… - Advanced …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The demand for biomaterials has been increasing along with the increase in the population
of elderly people worldwide. The mechanical properties and high wear resistance of metallic …

Slater-Pauling rule and Curie temperature of Co2-based Heusler compounds

GH Fecher, HC Kandpal, S Wurmehl, C Felser… - Journal of applied …, 2006 - pubs.aip.org
A concept is presented serving to guide in the search for materials with high spin
polarization. It is shown that the magnetic moment of half-metallic ferromagnets can be …

Structural and magnetic properties and tunnel magnetoresistance for Co2 (Cr, Fe) Al and Co2FeSi full-Heusler alloys

K Inomata, S Okamura, A Miyazaki… - Journal of Physics D …, 2006 - iopscience.iop.org
We have investigated the structure and magnetization of Co 2 (Cr 1− x Fe x) Al (0⩽ x⩽ 1)
and Co 2 FeSi full-Heusler alloy films deposited on thermally oxidized Si (SiO 2) and MgO …