Prediction of giant antiferromagnetic coupling in exotic fluorides of Ag

Physica Status Solidi - Rapid Research Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 71-73

  Jaroń, Tomasz ^a   Grochala, Wojciech ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFM; ANTIFERROMAGNETIC COUPLING; ANTIFERROMAGNETS; COUPLING CONSTANTS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY CALCULATIONS; INTRA-LAYER;

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; COPPER OXIDES; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; SILVER;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 69249083757     PISSN: 18626254     EISSN: 18626270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssr.200701286     Document Type: Article

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