A First-Principles Study of Half-Metallic Full-Heusler Compound Ti₂CoSi

Abstract:

The electronic structures and magnetic properties of full-Heusler alloy Ti₂CoSi with Hg₂CuTi-type have been investigated by first-principles calculations. The compound is predicted to be a potential half-metal ferromagnet. The calculations show that there is an energy gap in the minority spin of the band structures whereas the other spin is strongly metallic, which results in a complete spin polarization of the conduction electrons at the Fermi level. The compound has a total magnetic moment of-3.0μ_B per unit cell on first-principles calculations which is in excellent agreement with the SlaterPauling (SP) rule. The magnetic moments of Ti(A) atom and Ti(B) atom which are both larger than that of atom Co(C) are different. This difference comes from different atom coordination surroundings of Ti(A) and Ti(B) atoms in crystal structure.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volume 320)
• Pages: 394-398
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.320.394
• Online since: May 2013
• Authors: Lei Feng, Fei Wang, Jia Li, Shuang Jin Wang
• Keywords: Exchange Splitting, First-Principle, Half-Metal Ferromagnet, Heusler Alloy

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