Enhanced spin accumulation and novel magnetotransport in nanoparticles

Nature Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 57-61

  Yakushiji, Kay ^a,b   Ernult, Franck ^a   Imamura, Hiroshi ^b,c   Yamane, Kazutaka ^a   Mitani, Seiji ^a,b   Takanashi, Koki ^a,b   Takahashi, Saburo ^a,b   Maekawa, Sadamichi ^a,b   Fujimori, Hiroyasu ^b,d  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Research Institute of Electric and Magnetic Alloys Sendai   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRON TUNNELING; GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE; MAGNETIC HYSTERESIS; MAGNETIC RELAXATION; MAGNETIZATION; OSCILLATIONS; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

MAGNETOTRANSPORT MEASUREMENTS; MICROFABRICATION; SPIN ACCUMULATION; TUNNEL MAGNETORESISTANCE (TMR);

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

COBALT; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON; MAGNETISM; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COBALT; ELECTRONS; MAGNETICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANOSTRUCTURES;

EID: 11144350277     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat1278     Document Type: Review

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