Spin dependent tunneling

Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 223-229

  Levy, Peter M ^a   Zhang, Shufeng ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSOURI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0001485748     PISSN: 13590286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-0286(99)00008-X     Document Type: Article

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