Spin valve effect in single-atom contacts

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 13, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Ziegler, M ^a   Neel N ^a   Lazo, C ^a   Ferriani, P ^a   Heinze, S ^a   Kroger J ^b   Berndt, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^b ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CR ATOMS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; NANOSCALE ISLANDS; OPPOSITE MAGNETIZATION; ORBITAL CHARACTER; SCANNING TUNNELLING MICROSCOPES; SPIN VALVE EFFECT; SPIN-DEPENDENT CONDUCTANCE;

CALCULATIONS; ELECTRONIC STATES;

ATOMS;

EID: 80052004049     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/13/8/085011     Document Type: Article

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