First principles calculations of FePt, CoPt, Co3Pt, and Fe 3Pt alloys

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 4374-4379

  MacLaren, James M ^a   Duplessis, Raymond R ^a   Stern, R Adam ^a   Willoughby, Shannon ^b  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

^b Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Disorder; First principles calculations; Magnetic superlattices; N el model

Indexed keywords

COBALT ALLOYS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; IRON ALLOYS; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SUPERLATTICES;

DISORDER; FIRST PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; MAGNETIC SUPERLATTICES; NÉEL MODEL;

MAGNETIC PROPERTIES;

EID: 29744470452     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2005.854755     Document Type: Article

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