Robust ferromagnetism in monolayer chromium nitride

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Zhang, Shunhong ^a   Li, Yawei ^a   Zhao, Tianshan ^a   Wang, Qian ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84902258134     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05241     Document Type: Article

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