Full-potential screened KKR calculations for magnetism of Co 2MnSi, Ni2MnAl and Ru2MnSi, based on the generalized gradient approximation

Materials Transactions

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1760-1767

  Asato, M ^a   Ohkubo, M ^b   Hoshino, T ^b   Nakamura, F ^c   Fujima, N ^b   Tatsuoka, H ^b  

^a NIIHAMA NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ab initio calculations; Electronic structure of full Heusler alloys; Magnetism; Point defects

Indexed keywords

METALLIC COMPOUNDS;

AB-INITIO CALCULATIONS; ANTIFERROMAGNETIC STATES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE OF FULL-HEUSLER ALLOYS; HEUSLER ALLOYS; MAGNETISM; NON-MAGNETIC; POINT DEFECTS;

ANTIFERROMAGNETISM;

EID: 52449115950     PISSN: 13459678     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2320/matertrans.MRA2008100     Document Type: Article

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