Electron microscopy studies of spin-valve materials

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 32, Issue 16, 1999, Pages

  Portier, X ^a   Petford Long, A K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL MICROSTRUCTURE; GRAIN GROWTH; HIGH RESOLUTION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MAGNETIC DISK STORAGE; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETIC RECORDING; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETORESISTANCE; MAGNETOSTATICS; METALLIC SUPERLATTICES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

FOUCAULT IMAGES; LORENTZ TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; REVERSAL MECHANISM; SEED LAYER; SPIN VALVE MATERIALS;

MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0032593302     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/32/16/201     Document Type: Article

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