First-principles investigation of the electronic structure and magnetism of Heusler alloys CoMnSb and Co2MnSb

Physica B: Condensed Matter

Volumn 406, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1368-1373

  Huang, H M ^a   Luo, S J ^a   Yao, K L ^b,c  

^a HUBEI UNIVERSITY OF AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR MATERIALS PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

First principles; Half metallic properties; Magnetic properties

Indexed keywords

DENSITY OF STATE; ELECTRONIC BAND STRUCTURE; FERROMAGNETIC GROUND STATE; FERROMAGNETS; FIRST PRINCIPLES METHOD; FIRST-PRINCIPLES; FIRST-PRINCIPLES INVESTIGATIONS; FP-LAPW; FULL-POTENTIAL LINEARIZED AUGMENTED PLANE WAVES; GENERALIZED GRADIENT APPROXIMATIONS; HALF-METALLIC; HALF-METALLIC PROPERTIES; HEUSLER ALLOYS; PARTIAL DENSITY OF STATE; PER UNIT; SPIN MAGNETIC MOMENTS; SPIN-POLARIZED DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; SPIN-POLARIZED ELECTRONIC BAND STRUCTURE;

BAND STRUCTURE; CALCULATIONS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANTS; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; LATTICE CONSTANTS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MANGANESE; STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 79952455933     PISSN: 09214526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physb.2011.01.031     Document Type: Article

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