Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1613193 | Journal of Alloys and Compounds | 2013 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
A new quaternary Heusler alloy FeCrMnSb is identified by employing ab initio electronic structure calculations. It is stable in Y-structure which is also verified by various conditions governed by elastic constants cij. It is a true half-metallic (HM) ferromagnet with integer magnetic moment of 2.00 μB per formula unit. The values of minority band gap and HM gap are found to be 0.65 eV and 0.1 eV, respectively. The HM character of FeCrMnSb sustains for â6% to 9% of uniform strain and â9% to 12% of tetragonal strain. This new quaternary Heusler alloy can be proved as an ideal candidate for spin valves and magnetic tunnel junction applications (MTJs).
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Authors
Mukhtiyar Singh, Hardev S. Saini, Jyoti Thakur, Ali H. Reshak, Manish K. Kashyap,