Ballistic Magnetoresistance Versus Magnetostriction Effects in Electrodeposited Nanocontacts at Room Temperature

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 39, Issue 5 II, 2003, Pages 2776-2781

  Garcia, N ^a   Wang, Hai ^a   Cheng, Hao ^a   Nikolic, N D ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Electrodeposition; Magnetoresistance; Magnetostriction; Nanocontact

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODEPOSITION; GROWTH (MATERIALS); MAGNETORESISTANCE; MAGNETOSTRICTION;

ROOM TEMPERATURE;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 0141987770     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2003.815708     Document Type: Article

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