title: Design of spintronic materials with simple structures.
abstract: A brief comparison of conventional electronics and spintronics is given. The key features of half metallic binary compounds with the zincblende structure are presented, using MnAs as an example. We discuss the interactions responsible for the half metallic properties. Special properties of superlattices and a digital ferromagnetic heterostructure incorporating zincblende half metals are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics, University of California, Davis, CA 95616-8677, USA.
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Fong
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Qian
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Pask