Abstract
We review our recent first-principles results on the inverse Heusler compounds and the ordered quaternary (also known as LiMgPdSn-type) Heusler compounds. Among these two subfamilies of the full-Heusler compounds, several have been shown to be magnetic semiconductors. Such material can find versatile applications, e.g. as spin-filter materials in magnetic tunnel junctions. Finally, a special case are the spin-gapless semiconductors, where the energy gap at the Fermi level for the one spin-direction is almost vanishing, offering novel functionalities in spintronic/magnetoelectronic devices.
Keywords
Gapless playback
Spintronics
Condensed matter physics
Spin (aerodynamics)
Fermi level
Semiconductor
Heusler compound
Materials science
Magnetic semiconductor
Band gap
Physics
Ferromagnetism
Optoelectronics
Quantum mechanics
Subject Areas
Heusler alloys: electronic and magnetic properties
·Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials ·Physical Sciences
MXene and MAX Phase Materials
·Materials Chemistry ·Physical Sciences
2D Materials and Applications
·Materials Chemistry ·Physical Sciences
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