Intrinsic ferromagnetism due to cation vacancies in Gd-doped GaN: First-principles calculations

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 16, 2008, Pages

  Gohda, Y ^a   Oshiyama, Atsushi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b NONE

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EID: 55149107652     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.161201     Document Type: Article

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