A first principles study on tetragonal distortion, magnetic property and elastic constants of Pd2 CrAl Heusler alloy

Zhao Kun; Zhang Kun; Wang Jia-Jia; Yu Jin; Wu San-Xie

doi:10.7498/aps.60.127101

Abstract

Tetragonal distortion, magnetism and elastic constants of Pd2CrAl Heusler alloy are calculated by first principles based on the density function theory with projector augmented wave pseudopotential. Analysis of tetragonal distortion shows that there is a local minimum total energy at c/a1.20, which corresponds to a stable martensitic phase. The magnetic moments of formula unit cells for L21 and tetragonal structure are 3.825B and 3.512B, respectively. There is very strong hybridization between Pd and Cr, and magnetism originates mainly from the 3d-t2g and 3d-eg subbands of Cr atom in the two structures. Elastic constants of both L21 and tetragonal structure of Pd2CrAl satisfy their stability conditions, respectively.

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Authors and contacts

1.
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China;
2.
Key Laboratory of Advanced Metallic Materials of Jiangsu Province, Southeast University, Nanjing 211189, China;
3.
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China

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[2]
[3]	Fecher G H, Felser C 2007 J. Phys. D 40 1582
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[7]	Luo L J, Zhong C G, Jiang X F, Fang J H, Jiang Q 2010 Acta Phys. Sin. 59 521 (in Chinese) [罗礼进、仲崇贵、江学范、方靖淮、蒋青 2010 物理学报 59 521]
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[10]
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[22]
[23]	Gillessen M 2009 Ph. D. Dissertation (Aachen: Aachen University)
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[25]	Francis B 1947 Phys. Rev. 71 809
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[30]	Martynov V V, Kokorin V V 1992 J. Phys. 2 739
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[41]	Jona F, Marcus P M 2001 Phys. Rev. B 63 094113

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