Crystal structure of heusler compounds

Graf T, Felser C (2013)

Publication Type: Authored book

Publication year: 2013

Publisher: Springer Netherlands

ISBN: 9789048138326

DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3832-6_3

Abstract

Heusler compounds are promising materials in many fields of contemporary research. The spectrum of their possible applications ranges from magnetic and magneto-mechanical materials over semiconductors and thermoelectrics to superconductors. An important feature of the Heusler compounds is the possibility of controlling the valence electron concentration by partial substitution of elements. On the other hand, the properties also depend on the degree of ordering of the crystal structure. In general, Heusler compounds crystallize in the Cu2MnAl-type structure but in many cases certain types of disorder are observed. In this chapter, a detailed description of the crystal structure as well as different types of atomic disorder are given. Furthermore, the relationship of the chemical ordering and the spin polarization is discussed and useful experimental methods for the structural analysis of Heusler compounds are presented.

Involved external institutions

Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (JGU) DE Germany (DE)

How to cite

APA:

Graf, T., & Felser, C. (2013). Crystal structure of heusler compounds. Springer Netherlands.

MLA:

Graf, Tanja, and Claudia Felser. Crystal structure of heusler compounds. Springer Netherlands, 2013.

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