Direct observation of half-metallicity in the Heusler compound Co 2 MnSi

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Jourdan, M ^a   Minar J ^b,c   Braun, J ^b   Kronenberg, A ^a   Chadov, S ^d   Balke, B ^a   Gloskovskii, A ^e   Kolbe, M ^a   Elmers, H J ^a   Schonhense G ^a   Ebert, H ^b   Felser, C ^a,d   Klaui M ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WEST BOHEMIA   (Czech Republic)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL PHYSICS OF SOLIDS   (Germany)

^e DESY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL; FERROMAGNETIC THIN FILM; HEUSLER COMPOUND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

FILM; FILTER; LIGHT EFFECT; POLARIZATION; RESONANCE; SURFACE ENERGY; X-RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; POLARIZATION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84901800344     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4974     Document Type: Article

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