Ab initio simulation of magnetic tunnel junctions

Nanotechnology

Volumn 18, Issue 42, 2007, Pages

  Waldron, Derek ^a   Liu, Lei ^a   Guo, Hong ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; GREEN'S FUNCTION; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETOELECTRONICS; QUANTUM THEORY; SPIN POLARIZATION; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTIONS; QUANTUM TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; SPIN DENSITIES;

TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

NANOMATERIAL;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; EXTERNAL BIAS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NANOCHEMISTRY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS;

EID: 34748861476     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/18/42/424026     Document Type: Conference Paper

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