Colossal magnetic anisotropy of monatomic free and deposited platinum nanowires

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 22-25

  Smogunov, A ^a,b,c   Dal Corso, A ^b,d   Delin, A ^e   Weht, R ^f   Tosatti, E ^a,b,d  

^a ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^b DEMOCRITOS NATIONAL SIMULATION CENTER   (Italy)

^c VORONEZH STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d SISSA   (Italy)

^e ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^f DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIZATION; NANOSYSTEMS; NANOWIRES; PLATINUM; QUANTUM THEORY;

CRUCIAL PARAMETERS; MODEL CALCULATIONS; ORTHOGONAL DIRECTIONS; PLATINUM NANOWIRES; QUANTUM MECHANICAL; QUANTUM TUNNELLING; SUPERPARAMAGNETICS; UNCONVENTIONAL FEATURES;

MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY;

NANOWIRE; PLATINUM;

ADSORPTION; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ATOM; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ENERGY; MAGNETISM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM MECHANICS; ROTATION; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY;

EID: 37849045233     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2007.419     Document Type: Article

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