Magnetic property calculations for B2-CoxAl1-x structures at the interface of Co-Al multilayer

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 3343-3345

  Kim, Sang Pil ^a   Chung, Yong Chae ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Co Al; Electronic structure; Giant magnetoresistance (GMR); Interface mixing; Magnetic property

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COBALT; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; FERROMAGNETISM; GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MULTILAYERS;

ATOMIC CONCENTRATION; CO-AL; INTERFACE MIXING;

BORON;

EID: 27744534248     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2005.854705     Document Type: Article

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