Influence of the interlayer exchange coupling on the electric transport in Fe/Cr/Fe and Fe/Cr/T/Fe (T=Mn, V): An ab initio study

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 13, 2003, Pages

  Herper, C ^a,b   Szunyogh, L ^b,c   Entel, P ^a   Weinberger, P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b CENTER FOR COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^c BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; CHROMIUM; IRON; MANGANESE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ATOMIC PARTICLE; DENSITY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRONICS; GEOMETRY; ION CURRENT; ION EXCHANGE; ION TRANSPORT; MAGNETISM; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; OSCILLATION; POLARIZATION; PURIFICATION; SYSTEM ANALYSIS; THICKNESS;

EID: 0345393056     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.68.134421     Document Type: Article

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