Half-metallic alloys : fundamentals and applications /
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| Imprint: | Berlin ; New York : Springer, 2005. |
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| Description: | xi, 311 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Lecture notes in physics, 0075-8450 ; 676 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5771413 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Contributors
- Half-Metallicity and Slater-Pauling Behavior in the Ferromagnetic Heusler Alloys
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Electronic Structure and Magnetism of Half-Heusler Alloys
- 3. Full Heusler Alloys
- 4. Effect of the Lattice Parameter
- 5. Quaternary Heusler Alloys
- 6. Point Defects in Half-Metals
- 7. Effect of Spin-orbit Coupling
- 8. Surface Properties
- 9. Summary and Outlook
- References
- Role of Structural Defects on the Half-Metallic Character of Heusler Alloys and Their Junctions with Ge and GaAs
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Brief Review of Bulk Properties of Co 2 MnX (X = Si, Ge, Sn) Compounds
- 3. Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Co 2 MnGe/GaAs Interfaces
- 4. Structural Defects
- 5. Conclusions and Outlook
- References
- Magnetism and Structure of Magnetic Multilayers Based on the Fully Spin Polarized Heusler Alloys Co 2 MnGe and Co 2 MnSn
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Single Co 2 MnGe and Co 2 MnSn Thin Films
- 3. Multilayers [Co 2 MnSn(Ge)/Au(V)] n
- 4. Magnetotransport Properties
- 5. Summary and Conclusions
- References
- The Properties of Co 2 Cr 1-x Fe x Al Heusler Compounds
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Theory
- 3. Bulk Properties
- 4. Thin Film Properties
- 5. Summary and Outlook
- References
- Epitaxial Growth of NiMnSb on GaAs by Molecular Beam Epitaxy
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Challenges
- 3. Growth Results
- 4. Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Study of the Local Structure
- 5. Spin Injection Results
- 6. Conclusions
- References
- Growth and Magnetotransport Properties of Thin Co 2 MnGe Layered Structures
- 1. Introduction
- 2. MBE Growth of Co 2 MnGe on GaAs (001)
- 3. Growth of Co 2 MnGe by Magnetron Sputtering
- 4. GMR in Co 2 MnGe Layered Structures
- 5. Conclusions
- References
- Surface Segregation and Compositional Instability at the Surface of Half-Metal Ferromagnets and Related Compounds
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Characterization of Surface Composition
- 3. Free Energy in Segregation
- 4. Magnetic Ordering in Segregation
- 5. Discussions and Summary
- References
- Heusler Alloyed Electrodes Integrated in Magnetic Tunnel-Junctions
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Preparation of MTJs with one Integrated Co 2 MnSi - Electrode
- 3. The Resulting TMR-Effect Amplitude and Spin Polarization of MTJs with Integrated Ferromagnetic Co 2 MnSi
- 4. The Magnetic Switching of the Ferromagnetic Electrodes in MTJs with Integrated Ferromagnetic Co 2 MnSi
- 5. Quality of the Co 2 MnSi / AlO x - Interface
- 6. Crystallography and Atomic Ordering of Co 2 MnSi
- References
- Half-Metallic Ferromagnetism and Stability of Transition Metal Pnictides and Chalcogenides
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Zincblende Transition-Metal Pnictides
- 3. Zincblende Transition-Metal Chalcogenides
- 4. Half-Metallic Ferromagnetism in Other Structures
- 5. Conclusion
- References
- Materials Design and Molecular-Beam Epitaxy of Half-Metallic Zinc-Blende CrAs and the Heterostructures
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Zinc-Blende Transition-Metal Mono-Pnictides
- 3. Zinc-Blende CrAs/GaAs Multilayers
- 4. Prospect - How to Make CrAs Work -
- References
