Electronic structures, magnetic properties, and martensitic transformation in all-d-metal Heusler-like alloys Cd2MnTM (TM = Fe, Ni, Cu)

Electronic structures, magnetic properties, and martensitic transformation in all-d-metal Heusler-like alloys Cd₂MnTM (TM = Fe, Ni, Cu)

Li Yong¹, Xu Peng², Zhang Xiaoming³, Liu Guodong³, Liu Enke^{4, 5}, Li Lingwei^{1, 2, †}

ΔE as a function of c/a ratio for Cd₂MnFe with expansion/contraction of the unit cell volume. The zero point represents the energy of the austenite (c/a = 1). Inset: the relationship between ΔE and V_opt + x%V_opt.