Theoretical studies on structural, magnetic, and spintronic characteristics of sandwiched EunCOTn+1 (n=1-4) clusters

ACS Nano

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2515-2522

  Zhang, Xiuyun ^a   Ng, Man Fai ^b   Wang, Yanbiao ^a   Wang, Jinlan ^a,c   Yang, Shuo Wang ^b  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

^c SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF TECHNICAL PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Density functional theory; Lanthanide compounds; Magnetic moment; Sandwich clusters

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC STATE; BONDING CHARACTERISTICS; CHARGED CLUSTERS; IONIC STRUCTURE; LANTHANIDE COMPOUNDS; POSITIVELY CHARGED; RELATIVISTIC DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; SANDWICH CLUSTERS; SPIN STATE; SPINTRONICS; THEORETICAL STUDY; THERMODYNAMICALLY STABLE;

ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; ATOMS; EUROPIUM; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; METHOD OF MOMENTS; SPIN DYNAMICS;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 70349531271     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn900401b     Document Type: Article

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