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Electron quantum conductance of bimetallic Pt-Fe nanowires

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The magnetic and conducting properties of freestanding Pt-Fe nanowires are investigated by means of molecular dynamics. Our investigation reveals the dependence between a wire’s conductivity and its geometry and magnetic properties. Ab initio calculations show there is no spin polarization of a current in stretched linear Pt-Fe nanowires with antiferromagnetic ordering. Spin polarization of electron transport is observed upon contraction of the wire and is accompanied by its transition into a zig-zag configuration.

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Original Russian Text © E.M. Smelova, K.M. Tsysar, A.M. Saletsky, 2014, published in Izvestiya Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk. Seriya Fizicheskaya, 2014, Vol. 78, No. 2, pp. 222–224.

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Smelova, E.M., Tsysar, K.M. & Saletsky, A.M. Electron quantum conductance of bimetallic Pt-Fe nanowires. Bull. Russ. Acad. Sci. Phys. 78, 149–151 (2014). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1062873814020245

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