Composition controlled spin polarization in Co1-x Fex S2: Electronic, magnetic, and thermodynamic properties

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 14, 2006, Pages

  Wang, L ^a   Chen, T Y ^b   Chien, C L ^b   Checkelsky, J G ^c   Eckert, J C ^c   Dahlberg, E D ^a   Umemoto, K ^a,d   Wentzcovitch, R M ^a,d   Leighton, C ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVEY MUDD COLLEGE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 33645471795     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.73.144402     Document Type: Article

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