Influence of particle size distribution in cermet nanocomposites on magnetoresistance sensitivity

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 38, Issue 5 I, 2002, Pages 2631-2633

  O'Connor, C J ^a   Golub, V O ^a   Vovk, A Ya ^a   Kravets, A F ^b   Pogoriliy, A M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

Cermet; Magnetoresistance; Tunneling

Indexed keywords

CERMETS; COBALT COMPOUNDS; ELECTRON BEAMS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETORESISTANCE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; SUPERPARAMAGNETISM;

TUNNELING MAGNETORESISTANCE (TMR);

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 0036763414     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2002.801967     Document Type: Article

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