Half-metallic electronic structures of quaternary ferromagnetic chalcospinels: Cdx Cu1-x Cr2 S4 and Cdx Cu1-x Cr2 Se4

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Wang, Y H A ^a   Gupta, A ^a   Chshiev, M ^a   Butler, W H ^a  

^a University of Alabama   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS;

CHALCOSPINELS; HALF METALS;

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 39349113802     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2841848     Document Type: Article

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