Physical origin of measured magnetic moment in MnxSi 1-x with x = 0.1%

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7398, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Fong, C Y ^a   Shaughnessy, M ^a   Snow, Ryan ^a   Liu, Kai ^a   Pask, J E ^b   Yang, L H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dilute alloys; Magnetic moment; Substitional and interstitial sites

Indexed keywords

DILUTE ALLOYS; FIXED CHARGES; INTERSTITIAL SITES; NEAREST NEIGHBORS; NEUTRAL-CHARGE; SI ATOMS; SUPER CELL; TRANSITION METAL ELEMENTS;

MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SILICON; SILICON ALLOYS; WAVE FUNCTIONS;

MANGANESE;

EID: 70449629633     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.828428     Document Type: Conference Paper

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