Structural instability of epitaxial zinc-blende vanadium pnictides and chalcogenides for half-metallic ferromagnets

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Huang, Dan ^a   Zhao, Yu Jun ^b   Chen, Li Juan ^b   Chen, Di Hu ^a   Shao, Yuan Zhi ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHALCOGENIDES; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; FILMS; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETISM; METALLORGANIC VAPOR PHASE EPITAXY; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; SPIN DYNAMICS; STABILITY; STABILITY CRITERIA; STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS; THICK FILMS; TRANSITION METALS; ULTRATHIN FILMS; VANADIUM; VANADIUM ALLOYS; ZINC;

FIRST PRINCIPLES STUDIES; HALF-METALLIC; HALF-METALLIC FERROMAGNETS; HIGH SPINS; OPTIMAL MATCHING; PNICTIDES; SPIN POLARIZED; STRUCTURAL INSTABILITIES; STRUCTURAL STABILITIES; ZINC-BLENDE;

EPITAXIAL FILMS;

EID: 51849122431     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2973203     Document Type: Article

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