Bulk and surface sp half-metallic ferromagnetism in alkali metal pnictides with rocksalt structure: A first-principles calculation

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 21, Issue 27, 2009, Pages

  Gao, G Y ^a   Yao, K L ^a,b   Liu, Z L ^a   Min, Y ^a   Zhang, J ^a   Fan, S W ^a   Zhang, D H ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR MATERIALS PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC MAGNETIC MOMENT; BULK VALUE; ELECTRONIC AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; FIRST-PRINCIPLES; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; HALF METALLIC FERROMAGNETS; HALF-METALLIC; HALF-METALLIC FERROMAGNETISM; LITHIUM NITRIDE; PNICTIDES; PSEUDOPOTENTIAL; ROCK SALT; ROCK-SALT STRUCTURE; SEMICONDUCTOR SUBSTRATE; STABLE STRUCTURES; ZINCBLENDE STRUCTURES;

ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; LITHIUM; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETS; NITRIDES; SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH; SODIUM; SOLID STATE PHYSICS; STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS; STRUCTURAL METALS; ULTRATHIN FILMS; ZINC;

FERROMAGNETISM;

EID: 67651159176     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/21/27/275502     Document Type: Article

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