Electronic, magnetic and transport properties of rare-earth monopnictides

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 19, Issue 31, 2007, Pages

  Duan, Chun Gang ^a   Sabirianov, R F ^a,b   Mei, W N ^a,b   Dowben, P A ^a   Jaswal, S S ^a   Tsymbal, E Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETOELECTRONICS; POLARIZATION; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

AB INITIO THEORETICAL METHODS; HALF METALLICITY; RARE EARTH MONOPNICTIDES;

RARE EARTH ALLOYS;

EID: 34547324234     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/19/31/315220     Document Type: Article

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