The structural, electronic, elastic, thermodynamic, magnetic, and optical properties of the yttrium-based full-Heusler alloys Y2CrZ (Z=Si, Ge, Sn)

The total density of states (DOS) (black) and partial DOS projected onto Y1 4d (red), Y2 4d (blue), Cr 3d (green), and Si/Ge/Sn p (magenta) orbitals for the full-Heusler alloys of the form Y2CrZ (Z=Si, Ge, Sn) in the Hg2CuTi structure ferrimagnetic state with the equilibrium lattice constants. The positive and negative values represent the spin-up and spin-down channels, respectively. The Fermi level EF was set at zero energy and is indicated by vertical solid red lines.191