Ab initio study of the structural, electronic, elastic and thermal properties of RMn2Ge2 (R = Ca, Nd and Y) intermetallic compounds

• Main Authors: Miloud Abid, O., Yakoubi, Abdelkader, Tadjer, Abdelkader, Khenata, Rabah, Ahmed, Rashid, Murtaza, Ghulam M., Omran, Saad, Azam, Sikander A.
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier Ltd. 2014
• Subjects: Q Science
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/51697/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jallcom.2014.07.146

Intermetallic RMn2Ge2 ternary compounds have attracted considerable attention from researchers in recent years because they show strong indications for novel magnetic characteristics and they have the potential to reveal the mechanism of superlattices. The study of the paramagnetic, ferromagnetic an...