The effect of structural changes on half-metallic, elastic and magnetic properties of the FeWGa half-Heusler compound via first-principles studies

Author(s):  
Evren G. Ozdemir ◽  
Semih Doğruer ◽  
Aynur Ozcan ◽  
Ziya Merdan
RSC Advances ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (73) ◽  
pp. 44633-44640
Author(s):  
D. P. Rai ◽  
Lalrinkima ◽  
Lalhriatzuala ◽  
L. A. Fomin ◽  
I. V. Malikov ◽  
...  

We report the electronic and magnetic properties along with the Curie temperature (TC) of the inverse full Heusler alloy (HA) Fe2CoAl obtained using the first-principles computational method.


2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xian-Yang Feng ◽  
Zhe Wang ◽  
Chang-Wen Zhang ◽  
Pei-Ji Wang

The electronic and magnetic properties of IIIA group doped ZnO nanosheets (ZnONSs) are investigated by the first principles. The results show that the band gap of ZnO nanosheets increases gradually along with Al, Ga, and In ions occupying Zn sites and O sites. The configuration of Al atoms replacing Zn atoms is more stable than other doped. The system shows half-metallic characteristics for In-doped ZnO nanosheets.


SPIN ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (03) ◽  
pp. 2050022 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Belkacem ◽  
Y. Zaoui ◽  
S. Amari ◽  
L. Beldi ◽  
B. Bouhafs

The first-principles approach based on density functional theory (DFT) and the full-potential linearized augmented plane-wave method were employed to investigate the structural, elastic, electronic and magnetic properties of Na[Formula: see text]NO ([Formula: see text], Sr and Ba) quaternary half-Heusler alloys. The generalized gradient approximation (GGA) as parameterized by Perdew, Burke and Ernzerhof (PBE) and the modified Becke–Johnson exchange potential were used. As far as we know, we present our results which for the first time quantitatively account for the electronic structures and magnetic properties of Na[Formula: see text]NO ([Formula: see text], Sr and Ba) quaternary half-Heusler alloys. From the total energy calculation using three possible atomic configurations ([Formula: see text], [Formula: see text] and [Formula: see text]), it is found that the Na[Formula: see text]NO ([Formula: see text], Sr and Ba) quaternary half-Heusler alloys are more stable in the ferromagnetic [Formula: see text]-phase. From our estimated elastic constants [Formula: see text], it is found that all the considered Heusler alloys are mechanically stable in the [Formula: see text]-phase. We have also investigated the robustness of the half-metallicity with respect to the variation of lattice constants in these alloys. We have found that these alloys are half-metallic ferromagnets (HMFs) with a magnetic moment of 2[Formula: see text][Formula: see text] per formula unit at their equilibrium volumes. The spin-polarized electronic band structure and density of states of these quaternary half-Heusler alloys calculated by GGA (mBJ-GGA) show that the minority spin channels have metallic nature and the majority spin channels have a semiconductor character with half-metallic gaps of 0.49[Formula: see text]eV (2.17[Formula: see text]eV), 0.72[Formula: see text]eV (2.28[Formula: see text]eV) and 0.96[Formula: see text]eV (2.22[Formula: see text]eV) for NaCaNO, NaSrNO and NaBaNO quaternary half-Heusler alloys, respectively. Analysis of the density of states and the spin charge density of these quaternary alloys indicates that their magnetic moments mainly originate from the strong spin-polarization of 2[Formula: see text] states of N atoms and O atoms.


2013 ◽  
Vol 477-478 ◽  
pp. 1303-1306
Author(s):  
Qin Xiang Gao

Using the first-principles calculations within the density functional theory (DFT), we have investigated the structure, magnetism and half-metallic stability of Co2FeGa Heusler compound under pressure from 0 to 50GPa. The results revel that the lattice constant is gradually shrank and total magnetic moment in per unit slightly decreased with increasing pressure, respectively. Moreover, with the increase of the pressure, the Fermi level will move towards high-energy orientation. When the pressure reaches at 30GPa the most stable half-metallicity is observed which the Fermi level is located at the middle of the spin-minority gap.


2011 ◽  
Vol 509 (17) ◽  
pp. 5187-5189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Feng Lei ◽  
Chengchun Tang ◽  
Shuangjin Wang ◽  
Wenchen He

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