Heusler Alloys

Chapter 1 Theory of Heusler and Full-Heusler Compounds

Chapter 2 Basics and Prospectives of Magnetic Heusler Compounds

Chapter 3 Spin-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy of the Heusler Compound Co $$_{2}$$ 2 MnSi

Chapter 4 Structural Order in Heusler Compounds

Chapter 5 Heusler Compounds Go Nano

Chapter 6 Chemical Bonding in MgAgAs-Type Compounds

Chapter 7 Magnetic and Electronic Properties of Thin Films of Mn-Ga and Mn-Ge Compounds with Cubic, Tetragonal and Hexagonal Crystal Structures

Chapter 8 Magnetic Phase Competition in Off-Stoichiometric Martensitic Heusler Alloys: The Ni $$_{50-x}$$ 50 - x Co $$_{x}$$ x Mn $$_{25+y}$$ 25 + y Sn $$_{25-y}$$ 25 - y System

Chapter 9 Heusler Alloy Films for Spintronic Devices

Chapter 10 Thermoeletric Heusler Compounds

Chapter 11 Thermodynamics and Energy Conversion in Heusler Alloys

Chapter 12 Spin Polarization in Heusler Alloy Films

Chapter 13 Co $$_{2}$$ 2 Mn $$_{0.6}$$ 0.6 Fe $$_{0.4}$$ 0.4 Si: A Heusler Compound Opening New Perspectives in Magnon Spintronics

Chapter 14 Mössbauer Analysis

Chapter 15 Element-Specific Magnetic and Electronic Properties of Epitaxial Heusler Films

Chapter 16 Giant Magnetoresistive Devices with Half-Metallic Heusler Compounds

Chapter 17 Magnetic Tunnel Junctions Using Heusler Alloys

Chapter 18 Effect of Nonstoichiometry on the Half-Metallic Character of Co $$_{2}$$ 2 MnSi and Its Application to the Spin Sources of Spintronic Devices

Chapter 19 Exchange Bias of Polycrystalline Heusler Alloy Thin Films

Chapter 20 Topological Insulators Within the Family of Heusler Materials