First-principles investigations of the half-metallic ferromagnetic LaCoTiIn equiatomic quaternary Heusler alloy for spintronics

Author(s):  
V. Aravindan ◽  
A. K. Rajarajan ◽  
V. Vijayanarayanan ◽  
M. Mahendran

We have evaluated the structural and mechanical stability, electronic structure, total spin magnetic moment, and Curie temperature of LaCoTiIn Equiatomic Quaternary Heusler Alloy (EQHA) using first-principles studies. The Generalized Gradient Approximation (GGA) and GGA+U schemes have been used as exchange-correlation functional for the above calculations. From the ground state calculation, LaCoTiIn EQHA with a Type-III structure in the ferromagnetic (FM) state is found to be stable. The electronic structure of LaCoTiIn EQHA depicts half-metallic behavior which has metallic overlap in the spin up ([Formula: see text] channel and a semiconductor band gap in the other channel. The spin–orbit coupling of LaCoTiIn has a great influence on the band gap of the material. The computed band gap values for the spin down ([Formula: see text] channel are 0.480 eV and 0.606 eV by using the GGA and GGA+U schemes. The total spin magnetic moment is 1 [Formula: see text], according to the Slater–Pauling rule, [Formula: see text] = ([Formula: see text] - 18) [Formula: see text]. These results obtained can be used as a valuable reference for future research, or they will be used to further motivate the experimental synthesis of the corresponding alloy.

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GUANG ZHENG ◽  
HANLIE HONG ◽  
MIAO WAN ◽  
GUANGFU JI

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Author(s):  
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Zhe Wang ◽  
Chang-Wen Zhang ◽  
Pei-Ji Wang

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Zhinan Li ◽  
Fanghui Zhu ◽  
Liwu Jiang ◽  
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...  

The structural, electronic, elastic and magnetic properties of CoCrScIn were investigated using first principle calculations with applying the full-potential linearized augmented plane waves (FP-LAPW) method, based totally on the density functional theory (DFT). After evaluating the results, the calculated structural parameters reveal that CoCrScIn compound is stable in its ferrimagnetic configuration of the type-III structure. The mechanical properties show its brittle and stiffer behavior. The formation energy value showed that CoCrScIn can be experimentally synthesized. Additionally, the obtained band structures and density of states (DOS) reflect the half-metallic behavior of CoCrScIn, with an indirect bandgap of 0.43[Formula: see text]eV. The total magnetic moment of 3[Formula: see text][Formula: see text] and half-metallic ferrimagnetic state are maintained in the range 5.73–6,79 Å. The magnetic moment especially issues from the Cr-[Formula: see text] and Co-[Formula: see text] spin-polarizations. Furthermore, the calculations of Curie temperature reveal that CoCrScIn has high magnetic transition temperature of 836.7[Formula: see text]K.


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...  

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