First-principles prediction of enhanced magnetic anisotropy in FeCo alloys

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Wu, Dangxin ^a   Zhang, Qiming ^a   Liu, J Ping ^a   Yuan, Dingwang ^b   Wu, Ruqian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETOSTRICTION; NANOCOMPOSITES;

CHEMICALLY NONCUBIC GEOMETRIES; FIRST-PRINCIPLES PREDICTION;

IRON ALLOYS;

EID: 38949095199     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2840721     Document Type: Article

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