Heusler Alloys: Properties, Growth, Applications (Springer Series in Materials Science Book 222)

"This book gives an overview of the physics of Heusler compounds ranging from fundamental properties of these alloys to their applications. Especially Heusler compounds as half-metallic ferromagnetic and topological insulators are important in condensed matter science due to their potential in magnetism and as materials for energy conversion. The book is written by world-leaders in this field. It offers an ideal reference to researchers at any level"--Publisher Front Matter....Pages i-xviii Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Theory of Heusler and Full-Heusler Compounds....Pages 3-36 Basics and Prospectives of Magnetic Heusler Compounds....Pages 37-48 Front Matter....Pages 49-49 Spin-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy of the Heusler Compound Co \(_{2}\) MnSi....Pages 51-86 Structural Order in Heusler Compounds....Pages 87-109 Heusler Compounds Go Nano....Pages 111-132 Chemical Bonding in MgAgAs-Type Compounds....Pages 133-156 Magnetic and Electronic Properties of Thin Films of Mn-Ga and Mn-Ge Compounds with Cubic, Tetragonal and Hexagonal Crystal Structures....Pages 157-191 Magnetic Phase Competition in Off-Stoichiometric Martensitic Heusler Alloys: The Ni \(_{50-x}\) Co \(_{x}\) Mn \(_{25+y}\) Sn \(_{25-y}\) System....Pages 193-216 Front Matter....Pages 217-217 Heusler Alloy Films for Spintronic Devices....Pages 219-248 Thermoeletric Heusler Compounds....Pages 249-267 Thermodynamics and Energy Conversion in Heusler Alloys....Pages 269-291 Front Matter....Pages 293-293 Spin Polarization in Heusler Alloy Films....Pages 295-318 Front Matter....Pages 319-319 Co \(_{2}\) Mn \(_{0.6}\) Fe \(_{0.4}\) Si: A Heusler Compound Opening New Perspectives in Magnon Spintronics....Pages 321-340 Mössbauer Analysis....Pages 341-352 Element-Specific Magnetic and Electronic Properties of Epitaxial Heusler Films....Pages 353-386 Front Matter....Pages 387-387 Giant Magnetoresistive Devices with Half-Metallic Heusler Compounds....Pages 389-400 Magnetic Tunnel Junctions Using Heusler Alloys....Pages 401-412 Effect of Nonstoichiometry on the Half-Metallic Character of Co \(_{2}\) MnSi and Its Application to the Spin Sources of Spintronic Devices....Pages 413-444 Exchange Bias of Polycrystalline Heusler Alloy Thin Films....Pages 445-461 Front Matter....Pages 463-463 Topological Insulators Within the Family of Heusler Materials....Pages 465-477 Back Matter....Pages 479-486