Ab-initio investigation of electronic properties and magnetism of half-Heusler alloys XCrAl (X=Fe, Co, Ni) and NiCrZ (Z=Al, Ga, In)

Physica B: Condensed Matter

Volumn 403, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 200-206

  Luo, Hongzhi ^a   Zhu, Zhiyong ^a   Liu, Guodong ^a   Xu, Shifeng ^a   Wu, Guangheng ^a   Liu, Heyan ^b   Qu, Jingping ^b   Li, Yangxian ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^b HEBEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Band structure; Half Heusler alloy; Half metallicity

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; NICKEL ALLOYS;

HALF-HEUSLER ALLOYS; HALF-METALLICITY; PARTIAL MOMENTS;

IRON ALLOYS;

EID: 36549089463     PISSN: 09214526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physb.2007.08.214     Document Type: Article

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