Negative magnetoresistance in GaAs with magnetic MnAs nanoclusters

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 72, Issue 25, 1998, Pages 3368-3370

  Akinaga, H ^a   De Boeck, J ^a   Borghs, G ^a   Miyanishi, S ^b   Asamitsu, A ^b   Van Roy, W ^c   Tomioka, Y ^c   Kuo, L H ^c  

^a IMEC   (Belgium)

^b NATL INST FOR ADV INTERDISC RES   (Japan)

^c JT RES CENTER FOR ATOM TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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EID: 0001644636     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.121606     Document Type: Article

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