Structural and magnetic phase stability of SiMnAs superlattices: Tetragonal-distortion-induced ferromagnetism and half-metallicity

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 4983-4985

  Kim, Miyoung ^a   Freeman, A J ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; APPROXIMATION THEORY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FERROMAGNETISM; LINEARIZATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

ATOMIC FORCE CALCULATIONS; GENERALIZED GRADIENT APPROXIMATION (GGA); METALLICITY; PHASE STABILITY; PLANE-WAVE METHOD;

SUPERLATTICES;

EID: 19144370867     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1825073     Document Type: Article

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