Effect of Twinning on Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy Analysis of Ni49.7Mn29.1Ga21.2(100) Heusler Alloy
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. Experiment
3.2. Theory
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Cháb, V.; Drchal, V.; Máca, F.; Kudrnovský, J.; Cichoň, S.; Lančok, J.; Heczko, O. Effect of Twinning on Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy Analysis of Ni49.7Mn29.1Ga21.2(100) Heusler Alloy. Materials 2022, 15, 717. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15030717
Cháb V, Drchal V, Máca F, Kudrnovský J, Cichoň S, Lančok J, Heczko O. Effect of Twinning on Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy Analysis of Ni49.7Mn29.1Ga21.2(100) Heusler Alloy. Materials. 2022; 15(3):717. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15030717
Chicago/Turabian StyleCháb, Vladimír, Václav Drchal, František Máca, Josef Kudrnovský, Stanislav Cichoň, Ján Lančok, and Oleg Heczko. 2022. "Effect of Twinning on Angle-Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy Analysis of Ni49.7Mn29.1Ga21.2(100) Heusler Alloy" Materials 15, no. 3: 717. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma15030717