First-principles study of spin-dependent thermoelectric properties of half-metallic Heusler thin films between platinum leads
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Denis Comtesse,1 Benjamin Geisler,1 Peter Entel,1 Peter Kratzer,1 and László Szunyogh2 1Faculty of Physics, University of Duisburg-Essen and CENIDE, D-47048 Duisburg, Germany 2Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Department of Theoretical Physics and Condensed Matter Research Group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budafoki út. 8, H-1111 Budapest, Hungary (Received 18 December 2013; revised manuscript received 13 February 2014; published 11 March 2014)
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تاریخ انتشار 2014