Structural disorder and magnetism in the spin-gapless semiconductor CoFeCrAl

Disordered CoFeCrAl and CoFeCrSi0.5Al0.5 alloys have been investigated experimentally and by first-principle calculations. The melt-spun and annealed samples all exhibit Heusler-type superlattice peaks, but the peak intensities indicate a substantial degree of B2-type chemical disorder. Si substitut...

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Main Authors: Renu Choudhary, Parashu Kharel, Shah R. Valloppilly, Yunlong Jin, Andrew O’Connell, Yung Huh, Simeon Gilbert, Arti Kashyap, D. J. Sellmyer, Ralph Skomski
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIP Publishing LLC 2016-05-01
Series:AIP Advances
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4943306