Ferromagnetic coupling in Mg-doped passivated AlN nanowires: A first-principles study

Physica Status Solidi (B) Basic Research

Volumn 249, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 185-189

  Tang, Zhen Kun ^a,b   Wang, Ling Ling ^a   Tang, Li Ming ^a   Li, Xiao Fei ^a   Xiao, Wen Zhi ^a   Xu, Liang ^a   Zhao, Li Hua ^a  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HENGYANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

AlN nanowires; Ferromagnetic coupling; Magnetic semiconductors; Surface passivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 83455198302     PISSN: 03701972     EISSN: 15213951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssb.201147131     Document Type: Article

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