Prediction of a Heusler alloy with switchable metal-to-half-metal behavior

V. D. Buchelnikov, V. V. Sokolovskiy, O. N. Miroshkina +4

We propose a ferromagnetic Heusler alloy that can switch between a metal and a half-metal. Thiseffect can provide tunable spintronics properties. Using the density functional theor…