Structural, magnetic, and defect properties of Co-Pt-type magnetic-storage alloys: Density-functional theory study of thermal processing effects

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Alam, Aftab ^a   Kraczek, Brent ^a,b   Johnson, D D ^a  

^a United States of America   (United States)

^b U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 77956500674     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.82.024435     Document Type: Article

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