Spin-density wave in fe/cr superlattices: a first-principles study

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 1999, Pages R6612-R6615

  Hirai, Kunitomo ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0001102818     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.59.R6612     Document Type: Article

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