Role of tip size, orientation, and structural relaxations in first-principles studies of magnetic exchange force microscopy and spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 21, 2008, Pages

  Lazo, C ^a   Caciuc, V ^b   Holscher H ^c   Heinze, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 57949093420     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.214416     Document Type: Article

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