Half-metallicity in the full-Heusler Co2ScP compound: A density functional study |
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Authors: | Nazmiye Kervan |
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Affiliation: | Nev?ehir University, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Physics Department, 50300 Nev?ehir, Turkey |
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Abstract: | The electronic structure and magnetic properties of the Heusler compound Co2ScP have been investigated by the generalized gradient approximation based on density functional theory. The results show that the ground state phase of the Co2ScP compound possesses AlCu2Mn-type crystal structure and exhibits half-metallic ferrimagnetism. The total spin moment is 2 μB at the equilibrium lattice constant a0=5.83 Å, which agrees with the Slater–Pauling rule. The spin-up electrons are metallic, but the spin-down bands are semiconductor with a gap of 0.55 eV, and the spin-flip gap is of 0.07 eV. |
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Keywords: | Magnetic intermetallics Heusler compound Density functional theory Half-metallic |
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