Large tunneling magnetoresistance enhancement by thermal anneal

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 73, Issue 22, 1998, Pages 3288-3290

  Sousa, R C ^a   Sun, J J ^a   Soares, V ^a   Freitas, P P ^a   Kling, A ^b   Da Silva, M F ^b   Soares, J C ^b  

^a INESC   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO E NUCLEAR   (Portugal)

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EID: 0001094273     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.122747     Document Type: Article

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