Spin injection from Fe into Si(001): Ab initio calculations and role of the Si complex band structure

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Mavropoulos, Phivos ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

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EID: 50849107074     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.054446     Document Type: Article

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