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Cluster ferromagnetism in Mn-doped InSb

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We have studied cluster ferromagnetism in InSb〈Mn〉 and have refined kinematic exchange theory with application to such diluted magnetic semiconductors.

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    V. A. Ivanov, O. N. Pashkova, E. A. Ugolkova & V. P. Sanygin

  2. Laboratoire Louis Néel, CNRS Grenoble, Grenoble, France

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Original Russian Text © V.A. Ivanov, O.N. Pashkova, E.A. Ugolkova, V.P. Sanygin, R.M. Galéra, 2008, published in Neorganicheskie Materialy, 2008, Vol. 44, No. 10, pp. 1168–1173.

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Ivanov, V.A., Pashkova, O.N., Ugolkova, E.A. et al. Cluster ferromagnetism in Mn-doped InSb. Inorg Mater 44, 1041–1046 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168508100026

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