<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">P. Mavropoulos</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Galanakis, I.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Popescu, V</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">P.H. Dederichs</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The influence of spin-orbit coupling on the band gap of Heusler alloys</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">JOURNAL OF PHYSICS-CONDENSED MATTER</style></secondary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2004</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">DEC 8</style></date></pub-dates></dates><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">48, SI</style></number><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">16</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">S5759-S5762</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The band gap of half-metallic ferromagnets can be affected by the spin-orbit coupling, which introduces there a small, but non-vanishing, density of states. We study this effect in the case of Heusler alloys. We find that, as a rule, the spin polarization in the middle of the gap decreases for compounds of heavier elements.</style></abstract><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1st International Conference on Nanospintronics Design and Realization (ICNDR 2004), Kyoto, JAPAN, MAY 24-28, 2004</style></notes></record></records></xml>