Heusler alloy/semiconductor hybrid structures

Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 93-107

  Hirohata, A ^a   Kikuchi, M ^b,c   Tezuka, N ^b,d   Inomata, K ^b,d   Claydon, J S ^e   Xu, Y B ^e   van der Laan, G ^f  

^a Discovery Research Institute   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Kojundo Chemical Laboratory Co   (Japan)

^d JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^f DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atomic disorder; Curie temperature; Half metallic ferromagnet; Heusler alloy; Magnetic moment; Minority bandgap; Spin polarization

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL LATTICES; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; IRON ALLOYS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

ATOMIC DISORDERS; CURIE TEMPERATURE; HALF-METALLIC FERROMAGNETS; HEUSLER ALLOYS; MINORITY BANDGAP; SPIN POLARIZATION;

INTERMETALLICS;

EID: 33846897122     PISSN: 13590286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cossms.2006.11.006     Document Type: Article

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