Search for magnetoresistance in excess of 1000% in Ni point contacts: Density functional calculations

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Rocha, A R ^a,b   Archer, T ^a   Sanvito, S ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

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EID: 34548167377     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.76.054435     Document Type: Article

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