Theory and application of chain formation in break junctions

Nano Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2144-2149

  Thiess, A ^a   Mokrousov, Y ^a   Blugel S ^b   Heinze, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPIN DYNAMICS; TRANSITION METALS;

5D TRANSITION METALS; AB-INITIO CALCULATIONS; BREAK JUNCTIONS; CHAIN ELONGATIONS; CHAIN FORMATIONS; GENERAL TRENDS; GENERIC MODELS; LONG CHAINS; MONATOMIC CHAINS; SPIN-ORBIT COUPLINGS; SPIN-POLARIZATION; TOTAL ENERGIES;

STABILITY CRITERIA;

EID: 61449221273     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl0800671     Document Type: Article

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