Thermodynamic evaluation of the interface stability between selected metal oxides and Co

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1181-1186

  Yang, Ying ^a   Ladwig, Peter F ^a   Chang, Y Austin ^a   Liu, Feng ^b   Pant, Bharat B ^b   Schultz, Allan E ^b  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT; ENTHALPY; NUMERICAL METHODS; OXIDES; PHASE DIAGRAMS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; SOLUBILITY; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

INTERFACE STABILITY; MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTIONS; METAL OXIDES; TUNNEL BARRIERS;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

EID: 2342629197     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/JMR.2004.0153     Document Type: Article

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