Heusler alloys: electronic and magnetic properties

Magnetic Heusler alloys which undergo a martensitic transition display interesting functional properties. In the present review, we survey the magnetocaloric effects of Ni-Mn-based Heusler alloys and discuss their relation with the magnetic shape-memory and magnetic superelasticity reported in these materials. We show…

Structural and magnetic transformations in the Heusler-based system ${\mathrm{Ni}}_{0.50}{\mathrm{Mn}}_{0.50\ensuremath{-}x}{\mathrm{Sn}}_{x}$ are studied by x-ray diffraction, optical microscopy, differential scanning calorimetry, and magnetization. The structural transformations are of austenitic-martensitic charact…

The magnetic and structural transformations in the Heusler-based system ${\mathrm{Ni}}_{0.50}{\mathrm{Mn}}_{0.50\ensuremath{-}x}{\mathrm{In}}_{x}$ are studied in the composition range $0.05\ensuremath{\leqslant}x\ensuremath{\leqslant}0.25$. While the cubic phase is preserved in the range $0.165\ensuremath{\leqslant}x\…

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• UMUT AYDEMİR

We present our study on atomic, electronic, magnetic, and phonon properties of the one-dimensional honeycomb structure of molybdenum disulfide (MoS 2 ) using the first-principles plane wave method. Calculated phonon frequencies of bare armchair nanoribbon reveal the fourth acoustic branch and indicate the stability. F…

• HASAN ŞAHİN

We employ ab-initio electronic structure calculations to study 60 LiMgPdSn-type (also known as LiMgPdSb-type) quaternary Heusler compounds. All compounds obey the Slater-Pauling rule with diverse electronic and magnetic properties. 41 compounds are found to be half-metals, 8 spin-gapless semiconductors, and 9 semicond…

• KEMAL ÖZDOĞAN

Abstract NbFeSb‐based half‐Heusler alloys have been recently identified as promising high‐temperature thermoelectric materials with a figure of merit zT > 1, but their thermal conductivity is still relatively high. Alloying Ta at the Nb site would be highly desirable because the large mass fluctuation between them cou…

• UMUT AYDEMİR

We employ ab-initio electronic structure calculations to search for spin gapless semiconductors among the inverse Heusler compounds. The occurrence of this property is not accompanied by a general rule and results are materials specific. The six compounds identified show semiconducting behavior concerning the spin-dow…

• KEMAL ÖZDOĞAN

Abstract Microstructure engineering is an effective strategy to reduce lattice thermal conductivity (κl) and enhance the thermoelectric figure of merit (zT). Through a new process based on melt‐centrifugation to squeeze out excess eutectic liquid, microstructure modulation is realized to manipulate the formation of di…

• UMUT AYDEMİR

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Electronic structure calculations from first principles are employed to design half-metallic fully compensated ferrimagnets (or, as they are widely known, half-metallic antiferromagnets) susceptible of finding applications in spintronics. ${\mathrm{Cr}}_{2}\mathrm{Mn}Z$ $(Z=\mathrm{P},\mathrm{As},\mathrm{Sb},\mathrm{B…

Electronic structure calculations from first principles are employed to design half-metallic fully compensated ferrimagnets (or, as they are widely known, half-metallic antiferromagnets) susceptible of finding applications in spintronics. ${\mathrm{Cr}}_{2}\mathrm{Mn}Z$ $(Z=\mathrm{P},\mathrm{As},\mathrm{Sb},\mathrm{B…

• KEMAL ÖZDOĞAN