Bulk contributions to tunnel magnetoresistance in magnetic tunnel junctions

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 944231-944234

  Xiang, X ^a   Shen, F ^b   Zhang, Z ^b   Landry, G ^a   Dimitrov, D V ^c   Garcia N ^d   Xiao, John Q ^a   Zhu, T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT COMPLEX; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL; IRON COMPLEX;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODE; MAGNETISM; OXIDATION; POLARIZATION; QUANTUM MECHANICS; SPIN LABELING;

EID: 0036752577     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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