The interplay between nimn/nife epitaxial growth and nimn atomic ordering in NiMn/NiFe exchange biased layers: A structural perspective

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 32, Issue 5 PART 1, 1996, Pages 3425-3427

  Wong, Bunsen Y ^a   Mitsumata, Chiharu ^a   Prakash, Shiva ^a   Laughlin, David E ^a   Kobayashi, Toshio ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIZATION; NICKEL ALLOYS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TWINNING; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

EXCHANGE BIAS FIELD; NICKEL IRON ALLOYS; NICKEL MANGANESE ALLOYS;

CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE;

EID: 0030246285     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.538645     Document Type: Article

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