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We present a brief review of experimental and theoretical papers on studies of electron transport and magnetic properties in manganese-based compounds Mn$_2$YZ and Mn$_3$Z (Y = V, Cr, Fe, Co, Ni, etc.; Z = Al, Ge, Sn, Si, Pt, etc.). It has…
The results of fluorescence measurements of magnetic circular dichroism (MCD) in Mn L_2,L_3 X-ray emission and absorption for Heusler alloys NiMnSb and Co2MnSb are presented. Very intense resonance Mn L_3 emission is found at the Mn 2p_3/2…
First-principles studies were performed on two Mn-based ferrimagnetic Heusler compounds with L21 and B2 structures, that is, Mn2VZ (Z = Al or Ga). The aim was to investigate their magnetic properties, electronic structures, and…
The crystal structure, electronic and magnetic properties of the new full-Heusler compounds Zr2MnZ (Z=Al, Ga, In), were studied within the Density Functional Theory (DFT) framework. The materials exhibit unique properties that connect the…
Using a state-of-the-art full-potential electronic structure method within the local spin density approximation, we study the electronic and magnetic structure of Mn$_2$V-based full Heusler alloys: Mn$_2$VZ (Z=Al, Ga, In, Si, Ge, and Sn).…
In the present work, the aspects of magnetic and structural properties of Ni-Mn-Ga alloys are described in the framework of fist-principles approach and mapped into ternary composition diagrams. The stable atomic arrangement and magnetic…
The magnetic susceptibility and magnetization of two new layered S=1/2 Heisenberg antiferromagnets with moderate exchange are reported. The two isostructural compounds, (2-amino-5-chloropyridinium)2CuBr4 ((5CAP)2CuBr4) and…
Parameters of the energy gap and, consequently, electronic, magnetic and galvanomagnetic properties in different X$_2$YZ Heusler alloys can vary quite strongly. In particular, half-metallic ferromagnets (HMFs) and spin gapless…
A general analysis of Meissner effect and spin susceptibility of a uniform superconductor in an asymmetric two-component fermion system is presented in nonrelativistic field theory approach. We found that, the pairing mechanism dominates…
We present a comprehensive study aimed at elucidating the complex magnetic correlations in Co$_2$TiSi$_{0.5}$Al$_{0.5}$ Heusler alloy having the partial B2-type structure amid L2$_1$ cubic main phase. The thermo-magnetization measurements…
The electronic and magnetic bulk properties of half-metallic Heusler alloys such as Co$_{2}$FeSi, Co$_{2}$FeAl, Co$_{2}$MnSi and Co$_{2}$MnAl are investigated by means of {\em ab initio} calculations in combination with Monte Carlo…
Perpendicular magnetization is essential for high-density memory application using magnetic materials. High-spin polarization of conduction electrons is also required for realizing large electric signals from spin-dependent transport…
We have performed a comprehensive, first-principles high-throughput study of the magnetic properties of halide double perovskites, $Cs_2BB^\prime Cl_6$, with magnetic ions occupying one or both B and B$^\prime$ sites. Our findings indicate…
Superconducting high-entropy alloys (HEAs) are a newly burgeoning field of unconventional superconductors and raise intriguing questions about the presence of superconductivity in highly disordered systems, which lack regular phonon modes.…
The manganese tellurate Li2MnTeO6 consists of trigonal spin lattices made up of Mn4+ (d3, S = 3/2) ions. The magnetic properties of this compound were characterized by several experimental techniques, which include magnetic susceptibility,…
The random substitutional solid solution between the antiferromagnetic (AFM) full-Heusler alloy Ru$_2$MnSn and the ferromagnetic (FM) full-Heusler alloy Ru$_2$FeSn provides a rare opportunity to study FM-AFM phase competition in a…
The search for materials exhibiting nanoscale spiral order continues to be fuelled by the promise of emergent inductors. Although such spin textures have been reported in many materials, most of them exhibit long periods or are limited to…
A review of theoretical and experimental studies of the electronic structure, electronic and magnetic properties of various systems of Heusler alloys in the states of a half-metallic ferromagnet, a spin gapless semiconductor, and a…
We demonstrate how exchange hardening can arise in a chemically-disordered solid solution from a first-principles statistical mechanics approach. A general mixed-basis chemical and magnetic cluster expansion has been developed, and applied…
A tight binding parametrization of local spin density functional band theory is combined with a dynamical mean field treatment of correlations to obtain a theory of the magnetic transition temperature, optical conductivity and T=0 spinwave…