Magnetic properties of stoichiometric and nonstoichiometric ultrathin Fe3O4(111) films on AI2O3(0001)

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 96, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 1165-1169

  Schedin, F ^a   Hill, E W ^a   Van Der Laan, G ^b   Thornton, G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b DARESBURY LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; FERROMAGNETISM; FILM GROWTH; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MAGNETORESISTANCE; SENSORS; STOICHIOMETRY; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS; ULTRATHIN FILMS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EPITAXIAL FILMS; MAGNETIC TUNNELING JUNCTIONS (MTJ); ROOM TEMPERATURE; X RAY MAGNETIC CIRCULAR DICHROISM (XMCD);

IRON OXIDES;

EID: 3242661127     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1762715     Document Type: Article

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