Anomalous ferromagnetism of a monatomic Co wire at the Pt(111) surface step edge

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 21, 2004, Pages

  Shick, Alexander B ^a   Máca, František ^a   Oppeneer, Peter M ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^b IFW DRESDEN   (Germany)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL; PLATINUM;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ELECTRON; MAGNETISM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL PARAMETERS;

EID: 37649026897     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.69.212410     Document Type: Article

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