Probing magnetic order in EELS of chromite spinels using both multiple scattering (FEFF8.2) and DFT (WIEN2k)

Micron

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 547-553

  Eustace, D A ^a   McComb, D W ^b   Craven, A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chromite spinels; ELNES; FEFF8.2; Local spin density approximation; Magnetic order; WIEN2k

Indexed keywords

D ORBITALS; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS NEAR EDGE STRUCTURE; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; FAST ELECTRONS; FEFF8.2; FINE STRUCTURES; HYBRIDISATION; LOCAL SPIN DENSITY APPROXIMATION; MAGNETIC ORDERS; MAGNETIC SYSTEM; O K-EDGES; ORBITALS; ORDERING TEMPERATURE; REAL-SPACE; RECIPROCAL SPACE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SHORT RANGE ORDERS; SPIN ARRANGEMENT; TIME-SCALES; ELNES; WIEN2K;

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; CHROMITE; CHROMITE DEPOSITS; CHROMIUM; ENERGY DISSIPATION; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MULTIPLE SCATTERING; PARAMAGNETISM; ATOMIC PHYSICS;

SPIN DYNAMICS; CHROMITE DEPOSITS;

EID: 77954387277     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2010.04.013     Document Type: Article

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