Phase stability, electronic, magnetic and elastic properties of Ni2CoZ(Z = Ga, Sn): A first principles study with GGA method and GGA+U approach

•Phase stability of ferromagnetic metallic.•Electronic, magnetic and elastic properties.•The correlation effect using GGA and GGA+U approach.•Metallic ferromagnetic behaviors in alloys were studied. First principles calculations based on density functional theory are used to investigate the phase st...

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Published in:Chinese journal of physics (Taipei) 2018-08, Vol.56 (4), p.1394-1404
Main Authors: GUERMIT, Youcef, DRIEF, Mohammed, BENKHETTOU, Nour-eddine, LANTRI, Tayeb, ABIDRI, Boualem, RACHED, Djamel
Format: Article
Language:English
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Elastic properties
Electronic and magnetic properties
FP-LAPW
GGA+U
Stability
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Summary:•Phase stability of ferromagnetic metallic.•Electronic, magnetic and elastic properties.•The correlation effect using GGA and GGA+U approach.•Metallic ferromagnetic behaviors in alloys were studied. First principles calculations based on density functional theory are used to investigate the phase stability, electronic, magnetic and elastic properties of ferromagnetic metallic full-Heusler Ni2CoZ(Z = Ga, Sn) alloys via the FP-LAPW method by the generalized gradient GGA and GGA+U approximations for the exchange and correlation energy, within the Perdew–Burke–Ernzerhof (PBE 96) parameterization. The results of calculating electronic structures and magnetic properties reveal that the both Ni2CoGa and Ni2CoSn crystallize in L21 phase with regular cubic structure. The two investigated compounds exhibit metallic ferromagnetic behaviors for the GGA+U calculation. The computation of elastic constants with GGA+U approach shows that our compounds are mechanically stable.
ISSN:0577-9073
DOI:10.1016/j.cjph.2018.05.015