Half-metallic ferromagnetism in hexagonal M Al7 N8 and cubic M Al3 N4 (M=Cr and Mn) from first principles

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Shi, Li Jie ^a   Liu, Bang Gui ^a  

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EID: 34548816161     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.76.115201     Document Type: Article

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