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First-principles study of ferromagnetic Ni2CoGa(Zn) alloys in the Heusler and the inverse Heusler structure

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Antje Dannenberg ,
Markus Ernst Gruner ,
Manfred Wuttig  and
Peter Entel
Antje Dannenberg
Affiliation:
antje@thp.uni-duisburg.de, Faculty of Physics, University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany
Markus Ernst Gruner
Affiliation:
me@thp.uni-duisburg.de, Faculty of Physics, University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany
Manfred Wuttig
Affiliation:
wuttig@umd.edu, Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, United States
Peter Entel
Affiliation:
entel@thp.uni-duisburg.de, Faculty of Physics, University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany
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Abstract

We performed an ab initio characterization of ferro- and nonmagnetic Ni2CoGa and Ni2CoZn compounds with respect to their potential application as new ferromagnetic shape memory alloys. The calculation of structural energy differences and mixing energies in the common X2YZ Heusler structure and the inverse (XY)XZ structure revealed, that both alloys are stable in the tetragonal distorted Heusler structure with a c/a ratio of 1.38 and show ferromagnetic ordering. The Curie temperatures are of the order of ≃ 250 K. Exchanging Ga with Zn improves the magnetic properties of the alloy without qualitative modification of the structural energy landscape, but at the expense of a reduced mixing energy.

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structuralmagnetic propertiessimulation
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 1200: Symposium G – Magnetic Shape Memory Alloys , 2009 , 1200-G04-03
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2010

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