Half-metallic Heusler alloys are amongst the most promising materials for future magneto-
electronic applications. We review some recent results on the electronic properties of these …

We have studied Josephson junctions with barriers prepared from the Heusler compound
Cu 2 MnAl. In the as-prepared state the Cu 2 MnAl layers are nonferromagnetic and the …

First-principles self-consistent pseudopotential plane wave calculations based on density
functional theory were performed in order to study magnetic moments, density of states and …

An investigation for estimating the thermodynamic, thermoelectric and optoelectronic
performances of Co 2 MB (M= Nb, Ta) full-Heusler compounds is accomplished via density …

Polarized neutron reflectivity and scattering has established itself as one of the most
important experimental methods for the analysis of magnetic nanostructures and spintronic …

The structural, electronic, magnetic, optical and thermoelectric properties of the Co2Fe1− x
Ti x Al were investigated using the first-principles full-potential linearized augmented plane …

Heusler alloys containing Co and Mn are amongst the most heavily studied half metallic
ferromagnets for future applications in spintronics. Using state-of-the-art electronic structure …

A new neutron reflectometer SuperADAM has recently been built and commissioned at the
Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France. It replaces the previous neutron reflectometer …

Half-metallic ferromagnetic full-Heusler alloys containing Co and Mn, having the formula
Co2MnZ where Z is a sp element, are among the most studied Heusler alloys due to their …

Among a number of methods employed to characterize various types of magnetic nano-
structures Polarized Neutron Reflectometry (PNR) is shown to be a unique tool providing a …