Experimental and Theoretical Investigation on the Possible Half-metallic Behaviour of Equiatomic Quaternary Heusler Alloys: CoRuMnGe and CoRuVZ (Z = Al, Ga)

Abstract

In this report, structural, electronic, magnetic and transport properties of quaternary Heusler alloys CoRuMnGe and CoRuVZ (Z = Al, Ga) are investigated. All the three alloys are found to crystallize in cubic structure. CoRuMnGe exhibits L2${}_1$ structure whereas, the other two alloys have B2-type disorder. For CoRuMnGe and CoRuVGa, the experimental magnetic moments are in close agreement with the theory as well as those predicted by the Slater-Pauling rule, while for CoRuVAl, a relatively large deviation is seen. The reduction in the moment in case of CoRuVAl possibly arises due to the anti-site disorder between Co and Ru sites as well as V and Al sites. Among these alloys, CoRuMnGe has the highest T${}_{\mathrm{C}}$ of 560 K. Resistivity variation with temperature reflects the half-metallic nature in CoRuMnGe alloy. CoRuVAl shows metallic character in both paramagnetic and ferromagnetic states, whereas the temperature dependence of resistivity for CoRuVGa is quite unusual. In the last system, $\rho$ vs. T curve shows an anomaly in the form of a maximum and a region of negative temperature coefficient of resistivity (TCR) in the magnetically ordered state. The ab initio calculations predict nearly half-metallic ferromagnetic state with high spin polarization of 91, 89 and 93 \% for CoRuMnGe, CoRuVAl and CoRuVGa respectively. To investigate the electronic properties of the experimentally observed structure, the Co-Ru swap disordered structures of CoRuMnGe alloy are also simulated and it is found that the disordered structures retain half-metallic nature, high spin polarization with almost same magnetic moment as in the ideal structure. Nearly half-metallic character, high T${}_{\mathrm{C}}$ and high spin polarization make CoRuMnGe alloy promising for room temperature spintronic applications.

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