Scanning tunnelling microscopy of surfaces of half-metals: An ab-initio study on NiMnSb(001)

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 797-802

  Lezaic M ^a   Mavropoulos, Ph ^a   Bihlmayer, G ^a   Blugel S ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; METALS; NICKEL COMPOUNDS; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

GEOMETRIC RELAXATIONS; SPIN-POLARIZED SURFACE BAND STRUCTURE; TOPOGRAPHY IMAGES;

SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

EID: 33244478733     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/39/5/S05     Document Type: Article

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