High spin polarization of ferrimagnetic half-Heusler compounds FeCrZ and MnYZ (Y = Mn, Cr; Z = IIIb, IVb, Vb elements)

Journal of the Physical Society of Japan

Volumn 79, Issue 12, 2010, Pages

  Fujii, Shinpei ^a   Ishida, Shoji ^a   Asano, Setsuro ^b  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Electronic structure; FeCrZ; Ferrimagnetism; Half Heusler; Low magnetization; MnYZ; Spin polarization

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651233370     PISSN: 00319015     EISSN: 13474073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JPSJ.79.124702     Document Type: Article

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