Magnetic anisotropy in Gd, GdN, and GdFe2 tuned by the energy of gadolinium 4f states

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Abdelouahed, Samir ^a   Alouani, M ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE ET CHIMIE DES MATÉRIAUX DE STRASBOURG   (France)

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EID: 60949103345     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.054406     Document Type: Article

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