Sharp ferromagnet/semiconductor interfaces by electrodeposition of Ni thin films onto n-GaAs(001) substrates

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 82, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 2853-2855

  Scheck, C ^a   Evans, P ^a   Zangari, G ^a,b   Schad, R ^a  

^a University of Alabama   (United States)

^b University of Virginia   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; ELECTRODEPOSITION; ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; INTERDIFFUSION (SOLIDS); NICKEL; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); SEMICONDUCTING GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 0038297140     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1571229     Document Type: Article

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