Ab Initio Calculations of New Full Heusler Alloys Rh{sub 2}ZrX (X = Al, Ga, In, Si, Ge, Sn)

In recent years, Heusler alloys have attracted extensive attention because of their usefulness in spintronic devices. In this paper, the structural, electronic, and magnetic properties of full Heusler alloys Rh{sub 2}ZrX (X = Al, Ga, In, Si, Ge, Sn) have been studied using Quantum Espresso software...

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Published inJournal of superconductivity and novel magnetism Vol. 32; no. 8
Main Authors Abadi, Ahmad Asadi Mohammad, Forozani, Ghasem, Baizaee, Seyyed Mahdy, Gharaati, Abdolrasoul
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 15.08.2019
Subjects
ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS
ANTIFERROMAGNETISM
DENSITY FUNCTIONAL METHOD
DENSITY OF STATES
FERMI LEVEL
FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS
GALLIUM COMPOUNDS
GERMANIUM COMPOUNDS
HEUSLER ALLOYS
INDIUM COMPOUNDS
MAGNETIC MOMENTS
MAGNETIC PROPERTIES
MATERIALS SCIENCE
RHODIUM COMPOUNDS
SILICON COMPOUNDS
SPIN
SPIN ORIENTATION
TERNARY ALLOY SYSTEMS
TIN COMPOUNDS
ZIRCONIUM COMPOUNDS
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Summary:In recent years, Heusler alloys have attracted extensive attention because of their usefulness in spintronic devices. In this paper, the structural, electronic, and magnetic properties of full Heusler alloys Rh{sub 2}ZrX (X = Al, Ga, In, Si, Ge, Sn) have been studied using Quantum Espresso software package based on density functional theory. Calculations have been done by GGA and GGA+U methods. The investigations on the structural properties of the alloys showed that the Rh{sub 2}ZrSi alloy had the most stable structure (E{sub coh} = − 1.807 eV) among the six compounds reviewed. The results of GGA calculation on electronic properties of Rh{sub 2}ZrX alloys show that while the Rh{sub 2}ZrX (X = Al, Ga, In) alloys had metallic nature due to overlapping between conduction and valance band at Fermi level for both spin directions, the Rh{sub 2}ZrX (X = Si, Ge, Sn) alloys had half-metal characteristic. Also, Rh{sub 2}ZrSi and Rh{sub 2}ZrGe alloys had 100% spin polarization. By studying the magnetic properties, it was found that the Rh{sub 2}ZrAl and Rh{sub 2}ZrSi alloys were antiferromagnetic, while the Rh{sub 2}ZrGa, Rh{sub 2}ZrIn, Rh{sub 2}ZrGe, and Rh{sub 2}ZrSn alloys were ferromagnetic materials. Also, the total spin magnetic moment of alloys was found in accordance with the Slater-Pauling rule. The results obtained using GGA+U calculation are slightly different from the results of GGA calculation.
ISSN:1557-1939
1557-1947