Classical simulations of magnetic structures for chromium clusters: Size effects

Central European Journal of Physics

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 209-220

  Proykova, Ana ^a   Stauffer, Dietrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atomic and molecular clusters; Classical spin models; Nanoscale materials: Clusters, nanoparticles, nanotubes and nanocrystals

Indexed keywords

EID: 27444432081     PISSN: 16443608     EISSN: 16443608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/bf02475588     Document Type: Article

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