Inverse tunneling magnetoresistance in nanoscale magnetic tunnel junctions

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Kim, Tae Suk ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

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EID: 33644951041     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.72.024401     Document Type: Article

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