First-principles investigation of chemical and structural disorder in magnetic Ni 2Mn 1+xSn 1-x Heusler alloys

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 13, 2012, Pages

  Sokolovskiy, V V ^a,b   Buchelnikov, V D ^a   Zagrebin, M A ^a   Entel, P ^c   Sahool, S ^c,d   Ogura, M ^e  

^a CHELYABINSK STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MISIS   (Russian Federation)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^d ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 84867817966     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.86.134418     Document Type: Article

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