Beyond conventional half-metals: gapless states and spin gapless semiconducting behavior in X${}_2$MnGa (X = Ti, Ir) Heusler compounds

N. Bouteldja, N. Hacini, I. Ouadha +1

The search for high-performance spintronic materials motivates the exploration of Heusler alloys with unconventional electronic properties. Using density functional theory with Hub…