Heusler alloys for spintronic devices: review on recent development and future perspectives

K Elphick, W Frost, M Samiepour, T Kubota… - … and technology of …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Heusler alloys are theoretically predicted to become half-metals at room temperature (RT).
The advantages of using these alloys are good lattice matching with major substrates, high …

Simple rules for the understanding of Heusler compounds

T Graf, C Felser, SSP Parkin - Progress in solid state chemistry, 2011 - Elsevier
Heusler compounds are a remarkable class of intermetallic materials with 1: 1: 1 (often
called Half-Heusler) or 2: 1: 1 composition comprising more than 1500 members. Today …

Giant tunneling magnetoresistance in epitaxial Co2MnSi/MgO/Co2MnSi magnetic tunnel junctions by half-metallicity of Co2MnSi and coherent tunneling

H Liu, Y Honda, T Taira, K Matsuda, M Arita… - Applied Physics …, 2012 - pubs.aip.org
Giant tunnel magnetoresistance (TMR) ratios of up to 1995% at 4.2 K and up to 354% at 290
K were obtained for epitaxial Co 2 MnSi/MgO/Co 2 MnSi magnetic tunnel junctions (MTJs) …

Heusler compounds—A material class with exceptional properties

T Graf, SSP Parkin, C Felser - IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The class of Heusler compounds, including the XYZ and the X 2 YZ compounds, has not
only an endless number of members, but also a vast variety of properties can be found in …

Mechanism of large magnetoresistance in devices with current perpendicular to the plane

Y Sakuraba, K Izumi, T Iwase, S Bosu, K Saito… - Physical Review B …, 2010 - APS
Fully epitaxial current-perpendicular-to-plane giant magnetoresistance (MR) devices with
half-metallic Co 2 MnSi (CMS) electrodes and a Ag spacer were fabricated to investigate the …

Tunneling path toward spintronics

GX Miao, M Münzenberg… - Reports on Progress in …, 2011 - iopscience.iop.org
The phenomenon of quantum tunneling, which was discovered almost a century ago, has
led to many subsequent discoveries. One such discovery, spin polarized tunneling, was …

Influence of film composition in quaternary Heusler alloy Co2 (Mn, Fe) Si thin films on tunnelling magnetoresistance of Co2 (Mn, Fe) Si/MgO-based magnetic tunnel …

H Liu, T Kawami, K Moges, T Uemura… - Journal of Physics D …, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
The influence of off-stoichiometry on the half-metallic character of quaternary Heusler alloy
thin films of Co 2 (Mn, Fe) Si (CMFS) was investigated by studying the composition …

Large interface spin-asymmetry and magnetoresistance in fully epitaxial Co2MnSi/Ag/Co2MnSi current-perpendicular-to-plane magnetoresistive devices

T Iwase, Y Sakuraba, S Bosu, K Saito… - Applied Physics …, 2009 - iopscience.iop.org
Current-perpendicular-to-plane giant magnetoresistance (CPP-GMR) characteristics were
investigated in a Co 2 MnSi (CMS)/Ag/CMS fully epitaxial device and compared to those in a …

Bulk and interfacial scatterings in current-perpendicular-to-plane giant magnetoresistance with Co2Fe (Al0. 5Si0. 5) Heusler alloy layers and Ag spacer

TM Nakatani, T Furubayashi, S Kasai… - Applied Physics …, 2010 - pubs.aip.org
We report the transport properties of a current-perpendicular-to-plane giant
magnetoresistance (CPP-GMR) device with Co 2 Fe (Al 0.5 Si 0.5)(CFAS) Heusler alloy …

CPP magnetoresistance of magnetic multilayers: A critical review

J Bass - Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 2016 - Elsevier
We present a comprehensive, critical review of data and analysis of Giant (G)
Magnetoresistance (MR) with Current-flow Perpendicular-to-the-layer-Planes (CPP-MR) of …