Half-Heusler
The Electronic Structure and Magnetic Properties of Full and Half Heusler Alloys
... position of the Fermi level with respect to the band gap can be also quite sensitive to the method of the band structure calculation. We have performed the study of equilibrium lattice constant and calculated magnetic ...
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Thermoelectric properties of half-heusler LiMgN, NaMgN and KMgN alloys by first-principles
... of half-Heusler alloys XMgN (X = Li, Na, K) are optimized correspond to a DFT-based approach called ―full potential linearized augmented plane wave (FP-LAPW)‖ methodology as implemented in the WIEN2k ...
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First principles study of structural, electronic and optical properties of half-heusler alloys LIMGN, NaMGN and KMGN
... combination of different elements can provide a wide range of electronic states and physical properties. LiMgN, NaMgN and KMgN belongs to half-Heusler structure family. Therefore, these materials are also ...
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Metallic surface electronic state in half Heusler compounds RPtBi (R= Lu, Dy, Gd)
... similar band structure for all members. By comparing the band structure measured at the (111) surface with results of band calculations for GdPtBi (Fig. 2), we find the cleaving plane to be Bi(111), marked by a red ...
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First Principles Investigation of the Effect of M Doped (M = Zr, Hf) TiCoSb Half Heusler Thermoelectric Material
... TiCoSb half-Heusler compounds, as a first step towards a microscopic understanding of their electronic ...Ti/Zr/HfCoSb half-Heusler ...
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Structural Characterization and Thermoelectric Performance of ZrNiSn Half-Heusler Compound Synthesized by Mechanical Alloying
... formation. Heusler phases are intermetallics with a particular composition and ...Some Heusler materials were noted to have thermoelectric properties [44]. Half-Heusler phases are similar in ...
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Substitution Effect on Thermoelectric Properties of ZrNiSn Based Half Heusler Compounds
... 3.1 Sample characteristics and electrical properties All the samples were confirmed as single phase of half- Heusler structure by XRD measurement. No pore and crack were observed from SEM analysis. The 5 at% ...
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Electronic and Local Crystal Structures of the ZrNiSn Half Heusler Thermoelectric Material
... the half-Heusler ZrNiSn alloy and that a semi-metallic electronic structure with a pseudo- gap is formed at the Fermi ...of half-Heusler ZrNiSn-based alloys by controlling the position of the ...
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Band alignment and scattering considerations for enhancing the thermoelectric power factor of complex materials : the case of Co based half Heusler alloys
... We note that which of the three scattering scenarios is the most appropriate, is not possible at this point to determine it might be that it will be different for different materials, different energies in the same ma- ...
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HEUSLER BASED FULLY COMPENSATED FERRIMAGNETIC SPIN GAPLESS SEMICONDUCTORS Gagandeep Aulakh
... LiMgPdSb-type Heusler compounds are quaternary compounds with the chemical formula XMYZ, where X, M, and Y are different transition metal ...of half-Heusler compounds, half- Heusler X 2 ...
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Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy in Heusler Alloy Films and Their Magnetoresistive Junctions
... other half Heusler alloy CoMnSb shows similar decrease in the surface spin polarisation and the bandgap change by the strain: +2% and –2% lattice deformation shifts the bandgap by ...
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Half Metallic Properties and Stability of Ferromagnetic State in the Full Heusler Alloys (FexRu1 x)2CrSi (0 ≤q x ≤q 1)
... the half-Heusler alloys NiMnSb and ...the half-Heusler alloys but also the full- Heusler alloys (X 2 YZ) and the results have been ...
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Accelerated discovery of new magnets in the Heusler alloy family
... the half Heusler XYZ (MgCuSb-type), is obtained by removing one of the X atoms, thus leaving a vacancy at one of the tetrahedral sites ...the half Heusler) atoms ...
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Finely Controlled Approaches to Formation of Heusler Alloy/Semiconductor Heterostructures for Spintronics
... A concept of the formation of the finely controlled struc- tures consisting of Heusler alloys and Si or Ge is explained as follows. First of all, we note that the crystal structure of typi- cal full-Heusler ...
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Development of Antiferromagnetic Heusler Alloys for the Replacement of Iridium as a Critically Raw Material
... like) AF order only exists in the chemically disordered B2 phase due to the large AF nearest neighbour Mn-Mn interaction. Decreasing the atomic disorder in the Mn-Al sublattice leads to non-zero total magnetisation ...
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Einstein’s Theory of Relativity- Half Science, Half Philosophy
... This paper discusses how relativity physics woven around Einstien’s theory of relativity superseded Newtonian physics which had run into a crisis. The cosmology projected by Newtonian physics has been invalidated by the ...
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Life as "Half and Half": A Grandfather and Granddaughter's Sharing of Story
... he had two or three brothers at the game and my Aunt Pete and Aunt Ellen were at the game and everyone was at the game yah know, and uh he started talking to them and he come to my mother and says ‘you don’t look happy’ ...
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Optimism - Is the Conceptual Glass Half-Empty (or Half-Full)
... defensive pessimism has its benefits, it also has negative effects on psychological well-. being[r] ...
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Development of Antiferromagnetic Heusler Alloys for the Replacement of Iridium as a Critically Raw Material
... antiferromagnetism. Heusler alloys consisting of elements with moderate magnetic moments require per- fectly or partially ordered crystalline structures to exhibit AF ...
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Search for alternative magnetic tunnel junctions based on all Heusler stacks
... thermodynamically well separated from any other phase con- taining the same elements. If we assume that an epitaxial growth can be maintained, we have to verify their thermody- namic stability against other competing ...
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