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ADVANCED MATERIALS
Volume 24, Issue 2, Pages 294-298Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/adma.201102555
Keywords
spintronics; half-metals; band structure; spin-polarized current; first principles calculation
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- WPI Initiative on Materials Nanoarchitectonics, MEXT, Japan
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Spintronics is expected as the next-generation technology based on the novel notch of spin degree of freedom of electrons. Half-metals, a class of materials which behave as a metal in one spin direction and an insulator in the opposite spin direction, are ideal for spintronic applications. Half-metallic antiferromagnets as a subclass of half-metals are characterized further by totally compensated spin moments in a unit cell, and have the advantage of being able to generate fully spin-polarized current while exhibiting zero macroscopic magnetization. Considerable efforts have been devoted to the search for this novel material, from which we may get useful insights for prospective material exploration.
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