Magnetism and structure on the atomic scale: Small cobalt clusters in Cu(001)

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 22, 2004, Pages

  Pick, S ^a   Stepanyuk, V S ^b   Klavsyuk, A L ^c   Niebergall, L ^b   Hergert, W ^c   Kirschner, J ^b   Bruno, P ^b  

^a J HEYROVSKÝ INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MICROSTRUCTURE PHYSICS   (Germany)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT; COPPER;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; GEOMETRY; MAGNETISM; NANOPARTICLE; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 13944265554     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.70.224419     Document Type: Article

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