Size-dependent spintronic properties of dilute magnetic semiconductor nanocrystals

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 23, 2005, Pages

  Huang, Xiangyang ^a   Makmal, Adi ^b   Chelikowsky, James R ^a   Kronik, Leeor ^b  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROMAGNETIC STABILIZATION; LOCALIZED HOLES;

DOPING (ADDITIVES); FERROMAGNETISM; GERMANIUM; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

EID: 27744581336     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.236801     Document Type: Article

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