Influence of MgO overlayers on the electronic states of bct Co(001) thin films grown on bcc Fe(001) GaAs(001)

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 21, 2006, Pages

  Tong, Liu Niu ^a   Deng, Cai Lian ^a   Matthes, Frank ^b,c   Müller, Martina ^b,c   Schneider, Claus M ^b,c   Lee, Chan Gyu ^d  

^a ANHUI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b IFW DRESDEN   (Germany)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^d Changwon National University   (South Korea)

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EID: 33744725250     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.73.214401     Document Type: Article

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