TY - THES AB - Antiferromagnetic materials play a key role in the field of spintronics. The exchange bias, which pins the magnetic orientation of a ferromagnet which is in contact with an antiferromagnet, is utilized to create a magnetic reference for spintronic devices such as magnetic tunneling junctions. This work deals with the theoretical search for novel antiferromagnetic compounds among the Heusler family, a versatile, ternary material class. Experimental work on selected compounds verifies theoretical predictions and demonstrate working devices based on antiferromagnetic Heusler compounds. DA - 2017 LA - eng PY - 2017 TI - Ab initio to application: antiferromagnetic Heusler compounds for spintronics UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0070-pub-29138923 Y2 - 2024-12-04T09:00:51 ER -