A nanolaminated magnetic phase: Mn2GaC

Materials Research Letters

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 89-93

  Ingason, A S ^a   Petruhins, A ^a   Dahlqvist, M ^a   Magnus, F ^b,c   Mockute, A ^a   Alling, B ^a   Hultman, L ^a   Abrikosov, I A ^a   Persson, P O A ^a   Rosen, J ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

First principles calculations; Magnetism; MAX phases; Phase stability; Thin films

Indexed keywords

EID: 85020804695     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21663831     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/21663831.2013.865105     Document Type: Article

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