First principle prediction of half-metallic ferromagnetism in zinc-blende MBi (M = Ca, Sr, Ba)

Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics

Volumn 359, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 326-329

  Yao, K L ^a,b   Jiang, J L ^a   Liu, Z L ^a,c   Gao, G Y ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR MATERIALS PHYSICS   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Electronic structure; First principle calculation; Half metallic ferromagnetism

Indexed keywords

BARIUM ALLOYS; BINARY ALLOYS; CALCIUM ALLOYS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; LATTICE CONSTANTS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MAGNETS; METALS; STRONTIUM ALLOYS; ZINC COMPOUNDS; ZINC SULFIDE;

ALKALINE ELEMENTS; FIRST PRINCIPLE CALCULATIONS; FIRST PRINCIPLES; HALF METALLIC FERROMAGNETS; HALF-METALLIC FERROMAGNETISM; HALF-METALLICITY; ZINC BLENDE;

BISMUTH ALLOYS;

EID: 33749060381     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2006.06.052     Document Type: Article

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