NiS-An unusual self-doped, nearly compensated antiferromagnetic metal

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Panda, S K ^a   Dasgupta, I ^a   Asoglu, E S ^b   Blugel, S ^b   Sarma, D D ^a,c,d  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (India)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^d NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

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EID: 84886243213     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02995     Document Type: Article

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