Interplay between magnetism and structure in atomic-size Pd contacts: Ab initio studies

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Smelova, K M ^a   Bazhanov, D I ^a   Stepanyuk, V S ^b   Hergert, W ^c   Saletsky, A M ^a   Bruno, P ^b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MICROSTRUCTURE PHYSICS   (Germany)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

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EID: 38349104290     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.77.033408     Document Type: Article

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