Interface reactions in Ta/Ni81Fe19/Ta structures and their influence on magnetic properties

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 484, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 208-214

  Yu, G H ^a   Li, M H ^a   Teng, J ^a   Zhu, F W ^a   Lai, W Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY BEIJING   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Interface reaction; Magnetic multilayers; Magnetically dead layer; X ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MULTILAYERS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE REACTIONS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

INTERFACE REACTIONS; MAGNETIC MULTILAYERS; MAGNETICALLY DEAD LAYER;

TANTALUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 19944395891     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2005.02.031     Document Type: Article

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