Ballistic magnetoresistance in a nanocontact between a Ni cluster and a magnetic thin film

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 79, Issue 18, 2001, Pages 2946-2948

  Munoz M ^a   Qian, G G ^a   Karar, N ^a   Cheng, H ^a   Saveliev, I G ^a   Garcia N ^a   Moffat, T P ^b   Chen, P J ^b   Gan, L ^b   Egelhoff Jr , W F ^b  

^a E 28006   (Spain)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0000762189     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1413734     Document Type: Article

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