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Structural Order in Heusler Compounds

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Heusler Alloys

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Heusler compounds exhibit different electronic ground states and functionalities, making them attractive for studies of their fundamental properties and for their technological exploitation. A key tool in the rational design of this class of materials is the precise control of the relationships between structure and physical properties since Heusler compounds are known to order in various structure types. This review describes the different types of order in Heusler compounds, identifies methods to analyze the local crystallographic and magnetic order as well as illustrates the effect of order on the properties of Heusler compounds by discussing recent examples of studies addressing order in Heusler compounds.

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We thank J. T. Kohlhepp, E. Jedryka, B. Koopmans, H. J. M. Swagten, A. Alfonsov, M. Belesi, S. Rodan, T. Ellis, P. J. Jacobs, V. Ksenofontov, G.H. Fecher, C. Felser, C.G.F. Blum, A. Omar, G. Jakob, H. Schneider, D. Ebke, G. Reiss, B. Balke, S. Maat, M. J. Carey, and J. R. Childress, for fruitful discussions. We also like to thank all authors who gave permission to show their figures in this review and as well as the corresponding journals. This work has been supported in part by a grant from the Ministry of Sciences and High Education of Poland under the research Project No. 4531/B/T02/2010/38 for the years 2010-2013 and by Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft DFG in project WU595/3-1 and WU595/3-2.

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Wurmehl, S., Wójcik, M. (2016). Structural Order in Heusler Compounds. In: Felser, C., Hirohata, A. (eds) Heusler Alloys. Springer Series in Materials Science, vol 222. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-21449-8_4

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