Tunneling magnetoresistance in Co- ZrO2 granular thin films

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Hattink, B J ^a   Garcia Del Muro M ^a   Konstantinovic Z ^a   Batlle, X ^a   Labarta, A ^a   Varela, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

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EID: 33244481275     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.73.045418     Document Type: Article

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