Intermetallic Heusler alloys are amongst the most attractive half-metallic systems due to their
high Curie temperatures and their structural similarity to binary semiconductors. In this …

The spin filtering phenomenon allows one to obtain highly spin-polarized charge carriers
generated from nonmagnetic electrodes using magnetic tunnel barriers. The exponential …

The electronic structure, chemical bonding and mechanical properties of Ln2Zr2O7 (Ln= La,
Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu and Gd) pyrochlore are investigated by local-density approximation of spin …

Electronic structure calculations were performed for the rare-earth (RE) nitrides in the
rocksalt structure using density functional theory calculations within the LSDA+ U approach …

Heusler materials have become very popular over the last two decades due to the half-
metallic properties of a large number of Heusler compounds. The latter are magnets that …

The electronic structures and magnetic properties of many rare-earth monopnictides are
reviewed in this article. Possible candidate materials for spintronics devices from the rare …

When the rare earth mononitrides (RENs) first burst onto the scientific scene in the middle of
last century, there were feverish dreams that their strong magnetic moment would afford a …

The electronic structures and magnetic properties of quaternary Heusler alloys CoFeTiZ (Z=
Si, Ge, Sn) have been studied using first-principles calculations. It has been found that …

Spintronics/magnetoelectronics brought at the center of scientific research the Heusler and
full-Heusler compounds, since several among them have been shown to be half-metals. In …

Piezoelectricity is pivotal for applications in micro/nanoelectromechanical systems
(MEMS/NEMS). Inducing such a property in 2D systems via the reduction of the …