Disorder and ferromagnetism in diluted magnetic semiconductors

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 15, 2003, Pages

  Yang, S R Eric ^a   MacDonald, A H ^b  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

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EID: 61649089004     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.67.155202     Document Type: Article

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