On the rich magnetic phase diagram of (Ni, Co)-Mn-Sn Heusler alloys

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العنوان: On the rich magnetic phase diagram of (Ni, Co)-Mn-Sn Heusler alloys
المؤلفون: Grünebohm, Anna, Herper, Heike C., Entel, Peter
المصدر: J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 49 395001, 2016
سنة النشر: 2016
المجموعة: Condensed Matter
مصطلحات موضوعية: Condensed Matter - Materials Science
الوصف: We put a spotlight on the exceptional magnetic properties of the metamagnetic Heusler alloy (Ni,Co)-Mn-Sn by means of first principles simulations. In the energy landscape we find a multitude of local minima, which belong to different ferrimagnetic states and are close in total magnetization and energy. All these magnetic states correspond to the local high spin state of the Mn atoms with different spin alignments and are related to the magnetic properties of Mn. Compared to pure Mn, the magneto-volume coupling is reduced by Ni, Co, and Sn atoms in the lattice and no local low-spin Mn states appear. For the cubic phase we find a ferromagnetic ground state whereas the global energy minimum is a tetragonal state with complicated spin structure and vanishing magnetization which so far has been overlooked in simulations.
Comment: 9 pages, 9 figures
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/49/39/395001
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/1609.09399
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.1609.09399
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv
الوصف
DOI:10.1088/0022-3727/49/39/395001