Magneto-structural properties and magnetic anisotropy of small transition-metal clusters: A first-principles study

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 23, Issue 13, 2011, Pages

  Błoński, Piotr ^a   Hafner, Jürgen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO; ATOM CLUSTERS; CLUSTER STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC AXES; DENSITY-FUNCTIONAL CALCULATIONS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES STUDY; GEOMETRIC DISTORTION; LOW ENERGIES; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY ENERGY; MAGNETIC SYMMETRY; NI CLUSTERS; ORBITAL ANISOTROPY; ORBITAL MOMENT; PD CLUSTERS; PERTURBATION ANALYSIS; POINT GROUP SYMMETRY; PT CLUSTERS; RELATIVISTIC CALCULATIONS; SMALL CLUSTERS; SPIN MOMENTS; SPIN STATE; SPIN-ORBIT COUPLINGS; STRUCTURAL ISOMERS; TRANSITION-METAL CLUSTERS;

ATOMS; CALCULATIONS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; GEOMETRY; ISOMERS; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETIC STRUCTURE; MAGNETIZATION; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; PLATINUM COMPOUNDS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; TRANSITION METALS;

MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY;

NICKEL; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; TRANSITION ELEMENT;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; MAGNETISM; METHODOLOGY; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ANISOTROPY; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY, X-RAY; MAGNETICS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NICKEL; PALLADIUM; PLATINUM; TRANSITION ELEMENTS;

EID: 79953656652     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/23/13/136001     Document Type: Article

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