Structural and magnetic properties of transition metal nanoparticles from first principles

Advances in Solid State Physics

Volumn 47, Issue , 2008, Pages 117-128

  Gruner, Markus Ernst ^a   Rollmann, Georg ^a   Hucht, Alfred ^a   Entel, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

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EID: 48249143531     PISSN: 14384329     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-74325-5_10     Document Type: Conference Paper

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