Equiatomic quaternary Heusler alloys: A material perspective for spintronic applications

L Bainsla, KG Suresh - Applied Physics Reviews, 2016 - pubs.aip.org
Half-metallic ferromagnetic (HMF) materials show high spin polarization and are therefore
interesting to researchers due to their possible applications in spintronic devices. In these …

Spin-gapless semiconductors for future spintronics and electronics

X Wang, Z Cheng, G Zhang, H Yuan, H Chen, XL Wang - Physics Reports, 2020 - Elsevier
In recent years, spin-gapless semiconductors (SGSs) with parabolic and linear band
dispersions have aroused great interest worldwide in the field of materials science due to …

Thermoelectric properties, phonon, and mechanical stability of new half-metallic quaternary Heusler alloys: FeRhCrZ (Z= Si and Ge)

SA Khandy, JD Chai - Journal of Applied Physics, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Computer simulations within the framework of density functional theory are performed to
study the electronic, dynamic, elastic, magnetic, and thermoelectric properties of a newly …

High-throughput screening for spin-gapless semiconductors in quaternary Heusler compounds

Q Gao, I Opahle, H Zhang - Physical Review Materials, 2019 - APS
Based on high-throughput density functional theory calculations, we performed a systematic
screening for spin-gapless semiconductors (SGSs) in quaternary Heusler alloys XX′ YZ (X …

A new spin gapless semiconductors family: Quaternary Heusler compounds

GZ Xu, EK Liu, Y Du, GJ Li, GD Liu, WH Wang… - Europhysics …, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
By using first-principles calculations, we investigate the band structures of a series of
quaternary LiMgPdSn-type Heusler compounds. Our calculation results show that five …

Investigation of structural, electronic, magnetic and mechanical properties of a new series of equiatomic quaternary Heusler alloys CoYCrZ (Z= Si, Ge, Ga, Al): A DFT …

MI Khan, H Arshad, M Rizwan, SSA Gillani… - Journal of Alloys and …, 2020 - Elsevier
The structural stability, band structure, density of states (DOS), magnetic and mechanical
properties of Co-based equiatomic quaternary Heusler alloys (EQHAs) CoYCrZ (Z= Si, Ge …

Review of high-throughput computational design of Heusler alloys

S Jiang, K Yang - Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 2021 - Elsevier
As one large family of intermetallic compounds, Heusler compounds offer a wide playground
for novel materials design because of their wide range of compositions and tunable …

Antiferromagnetic half-metals, gapless half-metals, and spin gapless semiconductors: The D03-type Heusler alloys

GY Gao, KL Yao - Applied Physics Letters, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
High-spin-polarization materials are desired for the realization of high-performance
spintronic devices. We combine recent experimental and theoretical findings to theoretically …

Structural, mechanical, electronic and magnetic properties of a new series of quaternary Heusler alloys CoFeMnZ (Z= Si, As, Sb): a first-principle study

MH Elahmar, H Rached, D Rached, R Khenata… - Journal of Magnetism …, 2015 - Elsevier
The structural, mechanical, electronic and magnetic properties of the series of Heusler alloys
CoFeMnZ (Z= Si, As, and Sb) have been investigated theoretically. The objective is to seek …

Robust stability, half-metallic ferrimagnetism and thermoelectric properties of new quaternary Heusler material: a first principles approach

SA Khandy, JD Chai - Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 2020 - Elsevier
Like full or half-heusler materials, equiatomic quaternary Heuslers (EQH) also display
various intriguing physical properties. We carried out the strict and rigorous density …