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JOURNAL OF MAGNETISM AND MAGNETIC MATERIALS
Volume 388, Issue -, Pages 59-67Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2015.04.023
Keywords
First-principles calculations; Full Heusler structure; Half-metallic ferrimagnets; Elastic properties
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Half-metallic properties of new predicted Mn-2-based full Heusler alloys Mn2ZrSi and Mn2ZrGe have been studied by first-principles full-potential linearized augmented plane wave plus local orbital (FP-LAPW+lo) method based on density functional theory (DFT). Our investigation is focused on the structural, elastic, electronic and magnetic properties of these compounds. The AlCu2Mn-type structure is found to be energetically more favorable than the CuHg2Ti-type structure for both compounds and are half-metallic ferrimagnets (HMFIs) with total magnetic moments of 2.000 mu(B) per formula unit, well consistent with Slater-Pauling rule (M-tot=(24-Z(tot))mu(B)). Calculations show that both the alloys have an indirect band gaps, in the majority-spin channel, with values of 0.505 eV and 0.278 eV for Mn2ZrSi and Mn2ZrGe, respectively It was found that Mn2ZrSi and Mn2ZrGe preserved their half-metallicity for lattice constants range of 5.85-6.38 angstrom and 6.05-6.38 angstrom, respectively, and kept a 100% of spin polarization at the Fermi level. Moreover, the calculated formation energies and elastic constants confirm that these compounds are stable chemically and mechanically, and the good crystallographic compatibility with the lattice of semiconductors used industrially makes them promising magnetic materials in spintronic applications. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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