Universality of the surface magnetoelectric effect in half-metals

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 14, 2009, Pages

  Duan, Chun Gang ^a   Nan, Ce Wen ^b   Jaswal, S S ^c   Tsymbal, E Y ^c  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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EID: 65549083291     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.140403     Document Type: Article

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