Table 7.
List of major AF and CF Heusler alloys and their Néel temperatures (TN), Curie temperatures (TC), average blocking temperatures (<TB>), exchange biases (Hex) and their forms, bulk, epitaxial (epi.) or polycrystalline (poly.) films or calculations (calc.). Simulated results using molecular dynamics (MF) are also shown
| Heusler alloys | TN [K] | TC [K] | <TB> [K] | Hex [Oe] | Forms | Refs. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CuMnSb | 2 | Bulk | [326] | |||
| NdBiFe | 18 | Bulk | [327] | |||
| GdPbBi | 13 | Bulk | [328] | |||
| Pt2MnGa | 350 | – | Bulk | [329] | ||
| Ru2MnGe | 300 | – | Bulk | [330] | ||
| 320 | Simulations | |||||
| – | 126 | >81 (100 K) | Epi. Films | [331] | ||
| 365 | – | Calc. | [332] | |||
| Ru2MnSi | 313 | – | Calc. | |||
| 335 | Simulations | |||||
| Ru2MnSn | 296 | – | ||||
| Ru2MnSb | 195 | – | ||||
| Ni2MnAl | 313 | – | Bulk (B2) | [333] | ||
| – | 375 | Bulk (L21) | ||||
| 245 | – | Calc. (B2-I) | [334] | |||
| 350 | – | Calc. (B2-II) | ||||
| – | 368 | Calc. (L21) | ||||
| 340 372 |
– | Calc. (B2-I) MF Calc. |
[335] | |||
| 220 352 |
– | Calc. (B2-II) MF Calc. |
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| 285 | – | Calc. (B2-II) | ||||
| 310 | – | >55 (10 K) | Epi. Films | [336] | ||
| Mn2VAl | >600 | – | Bulk | [337] | ||
| >RT | – | ~200 | 120 (4 K) 20 (RT) |
Epi. Films | ||
| 360 636 |
– | Calc. MF Calc. |
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| Mn2VSi | – | <100 | 34 (100 K) | Poly. Films | [338] | |
| Mn3Ga | 470 | – | Bulk | [339] | ||
| 648 | – | ~400 | 1.5 k (RT) | Epi. Films | [340] | |
| – | 235 | 430 (120 K) | Poly. Films | [341] | ||
| Mn3.04Ge0.96 | 390 | [342] | ||||
| [343] | ||||||
| Mn3Ge | [344] | |||||
| Mn2.4Pt0.6Ga | – | ~90 | 33 k (2 K) 0 (90 K) |
Bulk | [345] | |
| Mn1.8FeGa | – | ~350 | 12 k (2 K) ~300 (RT) |
[351] | ||
| Mn2FeGa | [346] | |||||
| Mn2.5Co0.3Ga1.2 | – | >350 | 250 (RT) | Poly. films | ||
| MnN | 660 | – | 388 | 1475 (RT) | Poly. Films | [347] |
| 570 | – | Calc. | ||||
| Fe2VAl | Calc. | [348] | ||||
| Poly. films | [349] | |||||
| Cr2MnSb | 342 | Calc. | [169] |