High tunnel magnetoresistance in spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy of Co nanoparticles on Pt(111)

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 87, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 1-3

  Rusponi, S ^a   Weiss, N ^a   Cren, T ^a   Epple, M ^a   Brune, H ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; POLARIZATION;

NANOPARTICLES; SPIN-POLARIZATION; STATE-SELECTIVE TUNNELING;

MAGNETORESISTANCE;

EID: 28344455696     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2077856     Document Type: Article

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