Epitaxial ferromagnetic Mn5Ge3 on Ge(111)

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 83, Issue 24, 2003, Pages 5002-5004

  Zeng, Changgan ^a   Erwin, S C ^b   Feldman, L C ^c,d   Li, A P ^d   Jin, R ^d   Song, Y ^a   Thompson, J R ^a,d   Weitering, H H ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; FILM GROWTH; GERMANIUM; MAGNETIC THIN FILMS; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE STRUCTURE; THERMAL EFFECTS; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

FERROMAGNETIC THIN FILM; SOLID-PHASE EPITAXY; SURFACE RECONSTRUCTION;

MANGANESE COMPOUNDS;

EID: 0347133618     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1633684     Document Type: Article

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