Publications 2011

218) Epitaxial growth and thermoelectric properties of TiNiSn and Zr_0.5Hf_0.5NiSn thin films,
Tino Jaeger, Christian Mix, Michael Schwall, Xeniya Kozina, Joachim Barth, Benjamin Balke, Martin Finsterbusch, Yves U. Idzerda, Claudia Felser, Gerhard Jakob,
Thin Solid Films 520 (2011) 1010, doi:10.1016/j.tsf.2011.08.008

217) Electronic, structural, and magnetic properties of the half-metallic ferromagnetic quaternary Heusler compounds CoFeMnZV.
Alijani, S. Ouardi, G. H. Fecher, B. Balke, J. Winterlik, A. Beleanu, X. Kozina, G. Stryganyuk, and C. Felser, F. Bernardi and J. Morais, E. Ikenaga, S. Ueda, and K. Kobayashi,
Phys. Rev. B 84 (2011) 224416.

216) Formation of metallic colloids in CaF₂ by intense ultraviolet light,
Stephan Rix, Ute Natura, Felix Loske, Martin Letz, Claudia Felser, and Michael Reichling ,
Appl. Phys. Lett. 99 (2011) 261909; doi:10.1063/1.3673301

215) Tuning the magnetism of the Heusler alloys Mn_3-xCo_xGa from soft and half-metallic to hard-magnetic for spin-transfer torque applications,
Vajiheh Alijani, Jürgen Winterlik, Gerhard Fecher, and Claudia Felser,
Appl. Phys. Lett. 99 (2011) 222510.

214) Electronic structure and symmetry of valence states of epitaxial NiTiSn and NiZr0.5Hf0.5Sn thin films by hard x-ray photoemission,
Xeniya Kozina, Tino Jaeger, Gregory Stryganyuk, Siham Ouardi, Gerhard H. Fecher, Gerhard Jakob, Claudia Felser, and Eiji Ikenaga,
Appl. Phys. Lett. 99 (2011) 221908.

213) Transport and optical properties of the Heusler compound PtYSb,
Siham Ouardi, Gerhard H. Fecher, Claudia Felser, Jaroslav Hamrle, Kamil Postava, and Jaromır Pistora,
Appl. Phys. Lett. 99 (2011) 211904.

212) Restoration of superconductivity under pressure in Cu-doped FeSe,
Leslie M. Schoop, Jeniffer Schmitt, Frederick Casper, Changhai Wang, Vadim Ksenofontov, and Claudia Felser, Sergey A. Medvedev, Taras Palasyuk, Mikael Eremets, Tyrell M. McQueen, Robert J. Cava,
Phys. Rev. B 84 (2011) 174505.

211) Thermoelectric Properties of Spark Plasma Sintered Composites Based on TiNiSn Half Heusler Alloys,
Yaniv Gelbstein, Nadav Tal, Aviad Yarmek; Yoav Rosenberg, Moshe David, Siam Ouardi, Benjamin Balke, Claudia Felser und Martin Köhne,
J. of Materials Research 26 (2011) 1919.

210) Phase separation in superconducting and antiferromagnetic Rb_0.8Fe_1.6Se₂ probed by Mössbauer Spectroscopy,
V. Ksenofontov, G. Wortmann, S. Medvedev, V. Tsurkan, J. Deisenhofer, A. Loidl, and C. Felser,
Phys. Rev. B 84 Rapid Com. (2011) 180508.

209) Systematical, experimental investigation on LiMgZ (Z= P, As, Sb) wide band gap semiconductors,
Andreea Beleanu, Mihail Mondeshki, Juan Qin, Frederick Casper, and Claudia Felser, Florence Porcher
J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 44 (2011) 475302

208) Spin configurations in Co2FeAl0.4Si0.6 Heusler alloy thin film elements,
C. A. F. Vaz, J. Rhensius, J. Heidler, P. Wohlhüter, A. Bisig, H. S. Korner, T. O. Mentes, A. Locatelli, L. Le Guyader, F. Nolting, T. Graf, C.Felser, L. J. Heyderman, and M. Kläui,
Appl. Phys. Lett. 99 (2011) 182510.

207) Electronic structure, hard x-ray photoemission, and mechanical and transport properties of the half-metallic Heusler compound Co₂MnGe,
Siham Ouardi, Gerhard H. Fecher, Benjamin, Andreea Beleanu, Xeniya Kozina, Gregory Stryganyuk, Claudia Felser, Werner Kloss, Hartmut Schrader, Fabiano Bernardi, Jonder Morais, Eiji Ikenaga, Yashiyuki Yamashita, Shigenori Ueda, and Keisuke Kobayashi,
Phys. Rev. B 84 (2011) 155122

206) Quaternary Heusler Compounds without Inversion Symmetry: CoFe1+xTi1−xAl and CoMn_1+xV_1−xAl.
Lubna Basit, Gerhard H. Fecher, Stanislav Chadov, Benjamin Balke and Claudia Felser,
Eur. J. Inorg. Chem. 26 (2011) 3950.

205) Transport and thermal properties of single- and polycrystalline NiZr_0.5Hf_0.5Sn.
Siham Ouardi, Gerhard H. Fecher, Claudia Felser, Christian G. F. Blum, Dirk Bombor, Christian Hess, Sabine Wurmehl, Bernd Büchner, and Eiji Ikenaga
Appl. Phys. Lett. 99 (2011) 152112.

204) Element specific magnetic moments and spin-resolved density of states in CoFeMnZ (Z = Al, Ga; Si, Ge),
P. Klaer, B. Balke, V. Alijani, J. Winterlik, G. H. Fecher, C. Felser, and H. J. Elmers,
Phys. Rev. B 84 (2011) 144413

203) Exploring Co₂MnAl Heusler compound for anomalous Hall effect sensors,
E. Vilanova Vidal, G. Stryganyuk, H. Schneider, C. Felser, and G. Jakob,
Appl. Phys. Lett. 99 (2011) 132509.

202) Anomalous transport properties of the halfmetallic ferromagnets Co₂TiSi, Co₂TiGe, and Co₂TiSn,
Joachim Barth, Gerhard H. Fecher, Benjamin Balke, Tanja Graf, Andrey Shkabko, Anke Weidenkaff, Peter Klaer, Michael Kallmayer, Hans-Joachim Elmers, Hideki Yoshikawa, Shigenori Ueda, and Keisuke Kobayashi, and Claudia Felser,
Proc. Phil. Trans A 369 (2011) 3588.

201) Observation of magnetic dichroism in angular resolved electron emission from buried layers by hard X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy,
Xeniya Kozina, Gerhard H. Fecher, Gregory Stryganyuk, Siham Ouardi, Benjamin Balke, and Claudia Felser, Gerd Schönhense, Eiji Ikenaga, Takeharu Sugiyama, Naomi Kawamura, Motohiro Suzuki, Tomoyuki Taira, Tetsuya Uemura, Masafumi Yamamoto, Hiroaki Sukegawa, Wenhong Wang, Koichiro Inomata, Keisuke Kobayashi,
Phys. Rev. B 84 (2011) 054449 arXiv:1106.4976

200) Efficient spin injector scheme in Heusler materials,
Stanislav Chadov, Tanja Graf, Kristina Chadova, Xuefang Dai, Frederick Casper, Gerhard H. Fecher, Claudia Felser,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 107 (2011) 047202. arXiv:1103.5928

201) Observation of magnetic dichroism in angular resolved electron emission from buried layers by hard X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy,
Xeniya Kozina, Gerhard H. Fecher, Gregory Stryganyuk, Siham Ouardi, Benjamin Balke, and Claudia Felser, Gerd Schönhense, Eiji Ikenaga, Takeharu Sugiyama, Naomi Kawamura, Motohiro Suzuki, Tomoyuki Taira, Tetsuya Uemura, Masafumi Yamamoto, Hiroaki Sukegawa, Wenhong Wang, Koichiro Inomata, Keisuke Kobayashi,
Phys. Rev. B 84 (2011) 054449 arXiv:1106.4976

200) Efficient spin injector scheme in Heusler materials,
Stanislav Chadov, Tanja Graf, Kristina Chadova, Xuefang Dai, Frederick Casper, Gerhard H. Fecher, Claudia Felser,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 107 (2011)  047202  arXiv:1103.5928

199) Symmetry of valence states of Heusler compounds explored by linear dichroism in hard X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy,
Siham Ouardi, Gerhard H. Fecher, Xeniya Kozina, Gregory Stryganyuk, Benjamin Balke, and Claudia Felser, Eiji Ikenaga, Takeharu Sugiyama, Naomi Kawamura, and Motohiro Suzuki, Keisuke Kobayashi,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 107  (2011) 036402.

198) The Effect of Fe Doping on Superconductivity in ZrRuP,
Leslie M. Schoop, Vadim Ksenofontov, Teuta Gasi, R. J. Cava and Claudia Felser,
Sol. State Com.,

197) Exploring the details of the martensite-austenite phase transition of the shape memory Heusler compound Mn₂NiGa by hard X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, magnetic and transport measurements,
Christian G. F. Blum, Siham Ouardi, Gerhard H. Fecher, Benjamin Balke, Xeniya Kozina, Gregory Stryganyuk, Shigenori Ueda, Keisuke Kobayashi, Claudia Felser, Sabine Wurmehl and Bernd Büchner
Appl. Phys. Lett 98 (2011) 252501.

196) Disentangling the Mn moments on different sublattices in the half-metallic ferrimagnet Mn_3-xCo_xGa,
P. Klaer, C.A. Jenkins, V. Alijani, J. Winterlik, B. Balke, C. Felser, and H.J. Elmers, Appl. Phys. Lett. 98 (2011)  212510.

195) Electronic, magnetic, and structural properties of the ferrimagnet Mn₂CoSn, J. Winterlik, G. H. Fecher, V. Alijani, V. Ksenofontov, B. Balke, C. A. Jenkins, S. Chadov, C. Felser, G. Liu, H. Yoshikawa, S. Ueda,  K. Kobayashi, T. Nakamura and Marek Wojcik
Phys. Rev. B 83 (2011) 174448.

194) Defect structures in CuInSe₂: A Combination of Monte Carlo Simulations and Density Functional Theory,
Christian Ludwig, Thomas Gruhn and Claudia Felser, Johannes Windeln,
Phys. Rev. B 83 (2011), 174112.

193) Electronic structure of Pt based topological Heusler compounds with C1b structure and ”zero band gap,
S. Ouardi, C. Shekhar, G. H. Fecher, X. Kozina, G. Stryganyuk, C. Felser, S. Ueda and K. Kobayashi,
Appl. Phys. Lett. 98 (2011) 211901; doi:10.1063/1.3592834

192) Quaternary half-metallic Heusler ferromagnets for spintronics applications,
V Alijani, J. Winterlik, G. H. Fecher, S. S. Naghavi, C. Felser,
Phys. Rev. B 83 (2011) 184428.

191) Simple Rules for the Understanding of Heusler Compounds,
Tanja Graf, Stuart S. P. Parkin, and Claudia Felser,
Progress in Solid State Chemistry 39 (2011) 1-50, invited review.  doi:10.1016/j.progsolidstchem.2011.02.001.

190) An Alternative Approach to Improve the Thermoelectric Properties of Half-Heusler Compounds,
'B. Balke, J. Barth M. Schwall, G. H. Fecher and C. Felser,
J. of Electron. Mater. 40 (2011) 702.  

189) The role of correlations in the high-pressure phase of FeSe,
S. Shahab Naghavi, Stanislav Chadov, Claudia Felser,
J. Phys. Cond. Mat. 23 (2011) 205601, arXiv:1011.0484v1

188) Topological Insulators in Ternary Compounds with a Honeycomb Lattice,
Hai-Jun Zhang, Stanislav Chadov, Lukas Müchler, Binghai Yan, Xiao-Liang Qi, Jürgen Kübler, Shou-Cheng Zhang, Claudia Felser,
Phys. Rev. Lett. 106 (2011) 156402, arXiv:1010.2195v1

187) Sr₂InReO₆: an Ordered Double Perovskite with Mott Insulator and Spin-Glass Behavior,
W. Tremel, H. Gao, M. Panthoefer,  X. Dai, J. Barth, J. Winterlik, C. Felser,
Phys. Rev. B 83 (2011) 134406.

186) Theoretical study of new acceptor and donor molecules based on polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons,
S. S. Naghavi, T. Gruhn, V. Alijani, G. H. Fecher, C. Felser, K. Medjanik, D. Kutnyakhov, S. A. Nepijko, G. Schonhense, R. Rieger, M. Baumgarten, K. Mullen,
J. Mol. Spec. 265 (2011) 95. 

185) Electronic structure calculations for ZnFe₂O₄,
S. Soliman, A. Elfalaky, G. H. Fecher, C. Felser, Phys. Rev. B  83 (2011) 085205. 184) Electronic structure of fully epitaxial Co2TiSn thin, Markus Meinert, Jan Schmalhorst, Hendrik Wulfmeier, Gunter Reiss, Elke Arenholz, Tanja Graf and Claudia Felser,
Phys. Rev. B  83 (2011) 064412, arXiv:1010.5754

183) Heusler compounds - a material class with exceptional properties,
Tanja Graf, Stuart S. P. Parkin, and Claudia Felser,
IEEE Trans. Mag. 47 (2011) 367.

182) Preparation and properties of radio frequency-sputtered half-Heusler films for use in solar cells.
D. Kieven, A. Grimm, A. Beleanu, C. Blum, J. Schmidt, T. Rissom, I. Lauermann, T. Gruhn, C. Felser, R. Klenk,
Thin Solid Films 519 (2011), 1866.