Role of structural defects on the half-metallic character of Co2MnGe and Co2 MnSi Heusler alloys

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 9, 2004, Pages

  Picozzi, S ^a   Continenza, A ^a   Freeman, A J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOY; COBALT DERIVATIVE; GERMANIUM DERIVATIVE; MANGANESE DERIVATIVE; METAL; SILICON DERIVATIVE;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ATOMIC PARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRONICS; ENERGY; EXPERIMENT; MAGNETISM; MEASUREMENT; POLARIZATION;

EID: 2142828581     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.69.094423     Document Type: Article

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