Antiferromagnetism in nanofilms of Mn-doped GaN

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 31, 2014, Pages 18064-18068

  Echeverria Arrondo C ^a,b   Perez Conde J ^c   Ayuela, A ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b DONOSTIA INTERNATIONAL PHYSICS CENTER DIPC   (Spain)

^c PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^d CENTRO MIXTO CSIC UPV EHU   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROMAGNETISM; GALLIUM ALLOYS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; ZINC SULFIDE;

ANTIFERRO-MAGNETICALLY COUPLED; ELECTRONIC AND MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETIC NANODEVICES; MN IMPURITY; MN-DOPED GAN; NANO FILMS; SURFACE ORIENTATION; ZINC-BLENDE;

MANGANESE;

EID: 84905842979     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp501387c     Document Type: Article

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