Structural Stability and Magnetic and Electronic Properties of Co2MnSi(001)/MgO Heterostructures: A Density-Functional Theory Study

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Hülsen, Björn ^a   Scheffler, Matthias ^a   Kratzer, Peter ^b  

^a FRITZ HABER INSTITUT DER MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

A-DENSITY; AB INITIO; ATOMISTIC THERMODYNAMICS; COMPUTATIONAL STUDIES; HALF-METALLIC PROPERTIES; HETEROSTRUCTURES; MAGNETIC AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; MGO BARRIER; NONEQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS; STRUCTURAL STABILITIES; TUNNELING MAGNETO RESISTIVE;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; MANGANESE; STABILITY; TUNNELING (EXCAVATION); WAVE FUNCTIONS; WIND TUNNELS;

MANGANESE COMPOUNDS;

EID: 68649089555     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.046802     Document Type: Article

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