Contrasting spin-polarization regimes in Co nanowires studied by density functional theory

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Hope, Ben ^a   Horsfield, Andrew ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 41549129882     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.77.094442     Document Type: Article

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