List of works by Benjamin Balke

A new diluted magnetic semiconductor: The half-metallic ferromagnet CoTi1−xFexSb

A nondestructive analysis of the B diffusion in Ta–CoFeB–MgO–CoFeB–Ta magnetic tunnel junctions by hard x-ray photoemission

A spatially resolved investigation of the local, micro-magnetic domain structure of single and polycrystalline Co2FeSi

An Alternative Approach to Improve the Thermoelectric Properties of Half-Heusler Compounds

Anomalous transport properties of the half-metallic ferromagnets Co₂TiSi, Co₂TiGe and Co₂TiSn.

scientific article published in September 2011

Band Gap and Electronic Structure of an Epitaxial, SemiconductingCr0.80Al0.20Thin Film

scientific article published in Physical Review Letters

Bulk sensitive photo emission spectroscopy of compounds

Charge transfer and tunable minority band gap at the Fermi energy of a quaternaryCo2(MnxTi1−x)GeHeusler alloy

scholarly article in Physical Review B, vol. 82 no. 10, September 2010

Correlation of local disorder and electronic properties in the Heusler alloy Co2Cr0.6Fe0.4Al

Crystal Structure of New Heusler Compounds

Design scheme of new tetragonal Heusler compounds for spin-transfer torque applications and its experimental realization

scientific article published on 11 September 2012

Detection of the valence band in buried Co2MnSi–MgO tunnel junctions by means of photoemission spectroscopy

Determination of layer-resolved composition, magnetization, and electronic structure of an Fe/MgO tunnel junction by standing-wave core and valence photoemission

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Diluted magnetic semiconductors with high Curie temperature based on C1b compounds: CoTi1−xFexSb

Direct observation of half-metallicity in the Heusler compound Co2MnSi

scientific article published on 30 May 2014

Disentangling the Mn moments on different sublattices in the half-metallic ferrimagnet Mn3−xCoxGa

Doped semiconductors as half-metallic materials: Experiments and first-principles calculations ofCoTi1−xMxSb(M=Sc, V, Cr, Mn, Fe)

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Dysprosium Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids with Strong Luminescence and Response to Magnetic Fields

scientific article published on 01 January 2008

Dysprosium-Based Ionic Liquid Crystals: Thermal, Structural, Photo- and Magnetophysical Properties

article published in 2009

Effects of Microstructural Evolution on the Thermoelectric Properties of Spark-Plasma-Sintered Ti0.3Zr0.35Hf0.35NiSn Half-Heusler Compound

Effects of random distribution of Mn,Fe in Co2Mn1−xFexSi Heusler compounds probed by Mn55 nuclear magnetic resonance

Electronic and crystallographic structure, hard x-ray photoemission, and mechanical and transport properties of the half-metallic Heusler compound Co2MnGe

scholarly article in Physical Review B, vol. 84 no. 15, October 2011

Electronic properties of Co2MnSi thin films studied by hard x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Electronic structure and optical, mechanical, and transport properties of the pure, electron-doped, and hole-doped Heusler compound CoTiSb

scholarly article in Physical Review B, vol. 86 no. 4, July 2012

Electronic structure, magnetic properties and order–disorder phenomena in Co2Mn1−xFexAl

Electronic transport properties of electron- and hole-doped semiconductingC1bHeusler compounds:NiTi1−xMxSn(M=Sc,V)

scholarly article in Physical Review B, vol. 82 no. 8, August 2010

Electronic, magnetic, and structural properties of the ferrimagnet Mn2CoSn

scholarly article in Physical Review B, vol. 83 no. 17, May 2011

Element-specific magnetic moments and spin-resolved density of states in CoFeMnZ(Z=Al, Ga; Si, Ge)

scholarly article in Physical Review B, vol. 84 no. 14, October 2011

Epitaxial film growth and magnetic properties ofCo2FeSi

scholarly article in Physical Review B, vol. 74 no. 17, November 2006

Epitaxial growth and thermoelectric properties of TiNiSn and Zr0.5Hf0.5NiSn thin films

Exploring the details of the martensite–austenite phase transition of the shape memory Heusler compound Mn2NiGa by hard x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, magnetic and transport measurements

scientific article published on 20 June 2011

Fabrication of layered nanostructures by successive electron beam induced deposition with two precursors: protective capping of metallic iron structures

scientific article published on 01 November 2011

Half-Heusler compounds: novel materials for energy and spintronic applications

Half-Heusler superlattices as model systems for nanostructured thermoelectrics

Hall effect in laser ablated Co2(Mn,Fe)Si thin films

Hard x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of buried Heusler compounds

Hard x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of chalcopyrite solar cell components

Hard x-ray photoemission spectroscopy of Bi2S3 thin films

Hard x-ray photoemission using standing-wave excitation applied to the MgO/Fe interface

scholarly article in Physical Review B, vol. 83 no. 16, April 2011

Heusler compounds as ternary intermetallic nanoparticles: Co2FeGa

High energy, high resolution photoelectron spectroscopy of Co2Mn1−xFexSi

Hyperfine magnetic field on iron atoms and Co–Fe disordering in Co2FeSi

Interface magnetization of ultrathin epitaxial Co2FeSi(110)/Al2O3 films

Interface properties of magnetic tunnel junctionLa0.7Sr0.3MnO3/SrTiO3superlattices studied by standing-wave excited photoemission spectroscopy

scholarly article in Physical Review B, vol. 82 no. 20, November 2010

Itinerant half-metallic ferromagnetsCo2TiZ(Z=Si, Ge, Sn):Ab initiocalculations and measurement of the electronic structure and transport properties

scholarly article in Physical Review B, vol. 81 no. 6, February 2010

Magnetic and Structural Properties of Heusler Compounds with 27.8 Valence Electrons

Magnetic dichroism in angle-resolved hard x-ray photoemission from buried layers

scholarly article in Physical Review B, vol. 84 no. 5, August 2011

Magnetic properties of Co2Mn1−xFexSi Heusler alloys

scientific article published on 17 February 2006

Mn3Ga, a compensated ferrimagnet with high Curie temperature and low magnetic moment for spin torque transfer applications

article published in 2007

Monitoring surface resonances onCo2MnSi(100)by spin-resolved photoelectron spectroscopy

scholarly article in Physical Review B, vol. 91 no. 19, May 2015

Multi-temperature synchrotron PXRD and physical properties study of half-Heusler TiCoSb

scientific article published on 04 October 2010

Mössbauer spectroscopy of Co2Mn1 − x Fe x Al

Niobium substitution in Zr0.5Hf0.5NiSn based Heusler compounds for high power factors

scholarly article by Michael Schwall & Benjamin Balke published 24 January 2011 in Applied Physics Letters

Nondestructive characterization of a TiN metal gate: Chemical and structural properties by means of standing-wave hard x-ray photoemission spectroscopy

On the half-metallicity of Co2FeSi Heusler alloy: Point-contact Andreev reflection spectroscopy andab initiostudy

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On the influence of bandstructure on transport properties of magnetic tunnel junctions with Co2Mn1−xFexSi single and multilayer electrode

article published in 2008

Phase separation as a key to a thermoelectric high efficiency

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Phase separation in the quaternary Heusler compound CoTi(1−x)MnxSb – A reduction in the thermal conductivity for thermoelectric applications

Phase-separation-induced changes in the magnetic and transport properties of the quaternary Heusler alloyCo2Mn1−xTixSn

scholarly article in Physical Review B, vol. 82 no. 10, September 2010

Preparation of Heusler thin films: The quaternary alloy Co2Fe0.5Mn0.5Si

Probing bulk electronic structure with hard X-ray angle-resolved photoemission

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Probing the Size Effect of Co2FeGa-SiO2@C Nanocomposite Particles Prepared by a Chemical Approach

Probing the random distribution of half-metallic Co2Mn1−xFexSi Heusler alloys

Properties of the quaternary half-metal-type Heusler alloyCo2Mn1−xFexSi

scholarly article in Physical Review B, vol. 74 no. 10, September 2006

Quaternary Heusler Compounds without Inversion Symmetry: CoFe1+xTi1-xAl and CoMn1+xV1-xAl

Rational design of new materials for spintronics: Co2FeZ (Z=Al, Ga, Si, Ge).

scientific article published on January 2008

Resolving the phase structure of nonstoichiometric Co2FeGa Heusler nanoparticles

Seebeck coefficients of half-metallic ferromagnets

Size correlated long and short range order of ternary Co2FeGa Heusler nanoparticles

Spintronics: a challenge for materials science and solid-state chemistry

scientific article published on January 2007

Structural and magnetic properties of Co2FeAl1−xSix

Structural and magnetic properties of Fe2CoGa Heusler nanoparticles

Structural characterization of the Co2FeZ (Z=Al, Si, Ga, and Ge) Heusler compounds by x-ray diffraction and extended x-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy

article published in 2007

Structural, electronic, and magnetic properties of tetragonalMn3−xGa: Experiments and first-principles calculations

scholarly article in Physical Review B, vol. 77 no. 5, February 2008

Symmetry of Valence States of Heusler Compounds Explored by Linear Dichroism in Hard-X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy

scientific article published on 12 July 2011

Tailoring the electronic structure of half-metallic Heusler alloys

scholarly article in Physical Review B, vol. 80 no. 14, October 2009

The half-metallic ferromagnet

The structure and local surrounding of Fe in Co2−xFe1+xSi

Thermoelectric properties and electronic structure of substituted Heusler compounds: NiTi0.3−xScxZr0.35Hf0.35Sn

Thermoelectric properties of CoTiSb based compounds

Thermoelectric properties of spark plasma sintered composites based on TiNiSn half-Heusler alloys

Thermomagnetic Properties Improved by Self-Organized Flower-Like Phase Separation of Ferromagnetic Co2Dy0.5Mn0.5Sn

Tuning the carrier concentration for thermoelectrical application in the quaternary Heusler compound Co2TiAl(1−x)Six