Tetragonal phase of epitaxial room-temperature antiferromagnet CuMnAs

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Wadley, P ^a,b   Novak V ^a   Campion, R P ^b   Rinaldi, C ^a,c   Marti X ^a,d,e   Reichlova H ^a,d   Zelezny J ^a   Gazquez, J ^f   Roldan, M A ^g,h   Varela, M ^g,h   Khalyavin, D ⁱ   Langridge, S ⁱ   Kriegner, D ^j   MacA F ^a   Masek J ^a   Bertacco, R ^c   Holy V ^d   Rushforth, A W ^b   Edmonds, K W ^b   Gallagher, B L ^b   Foxon, C T ^b   Wunderlich, J ^a,k   Jungwirth, T ^a,b   more..

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^e University of California Berkeley   (United States)

^f INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA DE MATERIALS DE BARCELONA ICMAB CSIC   (Spain)

^g UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^h OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

ⁱ RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^j JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^k HITACHI CAMBRIDGE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC ACID; COPPER; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL; IRON; MANGANESE;

HIGH TEMPERATURE; INDOOR AIR; MAGNETIC FIELD; SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; MAGNETISM; NEUTRON DIFFRACTION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEMICONDUCTOR; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84883170714     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3322     Document Type: Article

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