Bulletin of Materials Science

, Volume 39, Issue 1, pp 195–200 | Cite as

Structural and electronic properties of non-magnetic intermetallic YAuX (X = Ge and Si) in hexagonal and cubic phases

  • A LEKHAL
  • F Z BENKHELIFA
  • S MÉÇABIH
  • B ABBAR
  • B BOUHAFS
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Abstract

The structural and electronic properties of non-magnetic intermetallic YAuX (X = Ge and Si) crystallized in hexagonal phase have been investigated using the full potential linearized augmented-plane wave (FP-LAPW) method based on the density functional theory (DFT), within the generalized gradient approximation (GGA). The calculated lattice parameters were in good agreement with experiment. Also, the structural and electronic properties of the non-magnetic half-Heusler YAuPb compound including the artificial YAuX (X = Ge and Si) calculated in cubic phase were determined. It was found that the half-Heusler YAuPb compound presented metallic character. The results showed that YAuGe in cubic phase is a semiconductor whereas the cubic YAuSi is an isolator.

Keywords

DFT FP-LAPW intermetallics electronic structure density of states. 

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Authors and Affiliations

  • A LEKHAL
    • 1
  • F Z BENKHELIFA
    • 1
  • S MÉÇABIH
    • 1
  • B ABBAR
    • 1
  • B BOUHAFS
    • 1
  1. 1.Laboratoire de Modélisation et de Simulation en Sciences des Matériaux, Département de Physique, Faculté des SciencesUniversité Djillali LiabèsSidi Bel AbbesAlgeria

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