Spatial and chemical interface asymmetry in Fe/MgO/Fe(001) heterostructures

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Palomares, F J ^a   Munuera, C ^a   Boubeta, C Martínez ^b   Cebollada, A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE MICROELECTRÓNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL INTERFACE ASYMMETRY; ROOM TEMPERATURE (RT); TRANSITION PEAKS; TUNNEL MAGNETORESISTANCE (TMR);

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; IRON; LASER ABLATION; MAGNESIA; MAGNETORESISTANCE; SPUTTERING;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 13744253308     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1847718     Document Type: Article

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