Connection between magnetism and structure in Fe double chains on the Ir(100) surface

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 13, 2009, Pages

  Mazzarello, Riccardo ^a,b,d   Tosatti, Erio ^a,b,c  

^a SISSA   (Italy)

^b DEMOCRITOS NATIONAL SIMULATION CENTER   (Italy)

^c ABDUS SALAM INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR THEORETICAL PHYSICS   (Italy)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 65549092589     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.134402     Document Type: Article

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