Origin and properties of the gap in the half-ferromagnetic Heusler alloys

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 13, 2002, Pages 1344281-13442810

  Galanakis, I ^a   Dederichs, P H ^a   Papanikolaou, N ^b  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALLOY; ANTIMONY DERIVATIVE; COBALT DERIVATIVE; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL; MANGANESE DERIVATIVE; NICKEL COMPLEX; TITANIUM DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ELECTRON; MAGNETISM; MATERIALS; MATERIALS TESTING; SEMICONDUCTOR;

EID: 20744455071     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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