Mechanical, electrical, and magnetic properties of Ni nanocontacts

IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 165-168

  Calvo, M R ^a   Caturla, M J ^a   Jacob, D ^a   Untiedt, C ^a   Palacios, J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ab initio; Conductance; Nanocontacts; Spintronics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

BREAK JUNCTIONS; NANOCONTACTS;

NICKEL;

EID: 41149105752     PISSN: 1536125X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNANO.2008.917847     Document Type: Conference Paper

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