Zinc-blende compounds of transition elements with N, P, As, Sb, S, Se, and Te as half-metallic systems

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 8-

  Galanakis, Iosif ^a   Mavropoulos, Phivos ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

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EID: 84863707587     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.67.104417     Document Type: Article

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36. Again, this is strict only for (Formula presented)
37. The cumbersome electron counting can be avoided by just observing that (Formula presented) where (Formula presented) and (Formula presented) are, respectively, the numbers of majority and minority valence electrons.