Evidencing the existence of intrinsic half-metallicity and ferromagnetism in zigzag gallium sulfide nanoribbons

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Zhou, Yungang ^a   Li, Sean ^b   Zhou, Weilie ^c   Zu, Xiaotao ^a   Gao, Fei ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRONIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^d PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84904642298     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05773     Document Type: Article

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