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Structural, electronic, magnetic and mechanical properties of the full-Heusler compounds Ni2Mn(Ge,Sn) and Mn2NiGe

  • Naima Asli , Fethallah Dahmane ORCID logo EMAIL logo , Mohamed Mokhtari , Chahrazed Zouaneb , Mohammed Batouche , Houari Khachai , Vipul Srivastava , S. H. Naqib , Y. Al-Douri , Abdelmadjid Bouhemadou and Rabah Khenata
Published/Copyright: May 27, 2021
Zeitschrift für Naturforschung A
From the journal Zeitschrift für Naturforschung A Volume 76 Issue 8

Abstract

Mn-Ni based full-Heusler alloys belong to novel half-metallic compounds with a promising set of physical properties for applications as functional materials. Based on first principles calculations, the electronic structures, the magnetic and mechanical properties of Ni2Mn(Ge,Sn) and Mn2NiGe full-Heusler alloys have been investigated in detail. The results revealed that the Mn2NiGe with Hg2CuTi type structure is more stable; on the other hand, for Ni2Mn(Ge,Sn), the Cu2MnAl type structure is more stable. The Mn2NiGe alloys are found to be half-metallic with an integer value of total magnetic moment of 4 μB which makes them interesting materials in the field of spintronics. The Ni2Mn(Ge,Sn) alloys exhibit metallic character in both Hg2CuTi and Cu2MnAl type structures. The calculated B/G ratios for all the considered compounds Ni2Mn(Ge,Sn) and Mn2NiGe are greater than 1.75; therefore, these alloys are ductile, and the calculated Cauchy’s pressure is positive, which also classified these compounds as ductile materials.

Keywords: electrical properties; first-principles calculations; Heusler alloy; magnetic properties
Corresponding author: Fethallah Dahmane, Département de sciences de la matière, Centre Universitaire de Tissemsilt, Tissemsilt38000, Algeria; and Laboratoire de Physique Quantique et de Modélisation Mathématique (LPQ3M), Département de Technologie, Université de Mascara, Mascara29000, Algeria, E-mail:

Funding source: The General Direction of Scientific Research and Technological Development (DGRSDT)

  1. Author contribution: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.

  2. Research funding: The Authors acknowledge the financial support of the General Direction of Scientific Research and Technological Development (DGRSDT).

  3. Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this article.

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Published Online: 2021-05-27
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