Magnetic properties of Ni13-nAln clusters with n = 0-13

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1129-1136

  Deshpande, M D ^a,c   Pandey, Ravindra ^a   Blanco, Miguel A ^b   Khalkar, Arun ^c  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^c HPT Arts and RYK Science College   (India)

Author keywords

Density functional theory; Magnetic properties; Modeling and simulation; Nanoscience; Ni Al clusters

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC ALIGNMENT; ATOMIC SPIN; DEGREE OF HYBRIDIZATION; MODELING AND SIMULATION; SEQUENTIAL SUBSTITUTION; SPIN DENSITIES;

ALUMINUM; ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; CHEMICAL BONDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR ORBITALS; NANOSCIENCE; SPIN DYNAMICS;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

ALUMINUM DERIVATIVE; NANOMATERIAL; NICKEL COMPLEX;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; HYBRIDIZATION; MAGNETISM; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBSTITUTION REACTION;

EID: 77955088667     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-009-9654-6     Document Type: Article

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