Insights in to the half metallicity in heusler compounds with 3d and 4d transition metal elements

Abstract

Experimental synthesis and theoretical prediction of half metals in Heusler family have been the driving force in searching new materials for spintronics applications In order to understand the physics of half metals in a systematic way and without being material specific in this thesis we have explored in details 54 ternary compounds six ternary series X2X 8482 Z and 36 quaternary compounds four quaternary series CoX 8482 Y 8482 Z as the daughter compounds of these ternary compounds where X Mn...