Magneto-electronic and Thermodynamic Properties of Quaternary NiFeMnZ (Z = In, Sn) New Spin Gapless Semiconductors

Journal Article · Fri Mar 15 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/S10948-018-4687-7· OSTI ID:22919584

Youcef, Mouffok; Bouhalouane, Amrani; Kouider, Driss Khodja ^[1]; Hamza, Abbassa ^[2]

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1. Faculté des Sciences Exactes et Appliquées, Université d’Oran 1 Ahmed Ben Bella, Centre de Microscopie Electronique, Département de Physique (Algeria)
2. Université Abdelhamid Ibn Badis de Mostaganem, Département de Physique (Algeria)

This paper deals with investigation of magneto-electronic and thermodynamic properties of new spin gapless semiconductor quaternary NiFeMnZ (Z = In, Sn) Heusler alloys. In addition, electronic properties such as band structure and density of states were studied in detail. The obtained results are based on first-principles calculations, using the full potential linearized augmented plane wave (FP-LAPW) method within well-known generalized gradient approximation (GGA) coupling with spin-orbit calculation (SOC) in framework of the density functional theory (DFT) implemented in the WIEN2k package. As results, the alloys were found to be new spin gapless semiconductors (SGSs), and both compounds in LiMgPdSn-type crystal structure are stable. The magnetic moment of NiFeMnIn and NiFeMnSn was 4.39 and 4.99 μ{sub B} per formula unit, respectively. This result is in agreement with the Slater-Pauling rule (M{sub tot} = 24 −Z{sub tot}). Furthermore, the thermodynamic properties were also predicted. All these multifunctionalities lead to crucial interest for developing future spintronics device generations.

• OSTI ID: 22919584
• Journal Information: Journal of Superconductivity and Novel Magnetism, Vol. 32, Issue 3; Other Information: Copyright (c) 2019 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature; http://www.springer-ny.com; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1557-1939
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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DENSITY FUNCTIONAL METHOD
DENSITY OF STATES
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INDIUM COMPOUNDS
IRON COMPOUNDS
MAGNETIC MOMENTS
MANGANESE COMPOUNDS
NICKEL COMPOUNDS
ORBITS
QUATERNARY ALLOY SYSTEMS
SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
THERMODYNAMICS
TIN COMPOUNDS
WAVE PROPAGATION