Microstructure and magnetic properties in percolating (Ni-Fe)x(SiO2)1-x granular films

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2506-2517

  Xu, Y ^a,b   Yan, X ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COERCIVE FORCE; COMPOSITION EFFECTS; GRANULAR MATERIALS; MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY; METAL INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; MICROSTRUCTURE; VOLUME FRACTION;

PERCOLATING GRANULAR THIN FILMS;

MAGNETIC THIN FILMS;

EID: 0030257479     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/JMR.1996.0316     Document Type: Article

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