Stable structure and magnetic state of ultrathin CrAs films on GaAs(001): A density functional theory study

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 21, 2010, Pages

  Hashemifar, S Javad ^a,b   Kratzer, Peter ^b   Scheffler, Matthias ^c  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c FRITZ HABER INSTITUT DER MAX PLANCK GESELLSCHAFT   (Germany)

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EID: 78650831667     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.82.214417     Document Type: Article

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