Half-metallic ferromagnets based on the rock-salt IV-VI semiconductor GeTe

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 18, Issue 45, 2006, Pages 10259-10268

  Zhao, Yong Hong ^b   Xie, Wen Hui ^b   Zhu, Li Fang ^b   Liu, Bang Gui ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^b Beijing National Laboratory for Condensed Matter Physics   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL BONDS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; FERMI LEVEL; GERMANIUM; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; TRANSITION METALS;

HALF-METALLIC FERROMAGNETS; SPIN DENSITY; SPINTRONICS; TERNARY TRANSITION;

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 33846034903     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/18/45/012     Document Type: Article

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