Effect of chemical disorder on NiMnSb investigated by appearance potential spectroscopy: An experimental and theoretical study

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 42, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Minar J ^a   Braun, J ^a   Bornemann, S ^a   Ebert, H ^a   Donath, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AB-INITIO; BAND-STRUCTURE CALCULATIONS; CHEMICAL DISORDERS; COHERENT-POTENTIAL APPROXIMATIONS; EFFECT OF CHEMICALS; ELECTRONIC DENSITIES; FERROMAGNETS; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; HALF-HEUSLER ALLOYS; STOICHIOMETRIC CHANGES; THEORETICAL STUDIES;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ELECTRONIC DENSITY OF STATES; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; MAGNETS; SPIN POLARIZATION;

SPIN DYNAMICS;

EID: 65249152982     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/42/8/084009     Document Type: Article

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