Tuning the structural, electronic, and magnetic properties of germanene by the adsorption of 3d transition metal atoms

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 43, 2014, Pages 25200-25208

  Kaloni, Thaneshwor P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; QUANTUM HALL EFFECT; SEMICONDUCTING GERMANIUM; TRANSITION METALS;

3D TRANSITION METALS; ADSORPTION ENERGIES; ANOMALOUS HALL EFFECTS; ANTIFERROMAGNETIC ORDERINGS; FERROMAGNETIC AND ANTI-FERROMAGNETIC; NEAREST NEIGHBORS; NONMAGNETIC STATE; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MATERIALS;

ATOMS;

EID: 84908591510     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp5058644     Document Type: Article

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