Atomic and electronic structure of the CoFeB/MgO interface from first principles

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 14, 2006, Pages

  Burton, J D ^a   Jaswal, S S ^d   Tsymbal, E Y ^a   Mryasov, O N ^b   Heinonen, O G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b SEAGATE RESEARCH   (United States)

^c SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHANNEL CONDUCTANCE; MAGNETIC TUNNEL JUNCTIONS (MTJ); SPIN DEPENDENT TRANSPORT; TUNNELING MAGNETORESISTANCE (TMR);

ANNEALING; COBALT COMPOUNDS; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL SYMMETRY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; MAGNESIA; MAGNETORESISTANCE;

INTERFACES (MATERIALS);

EID: 33749465542     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2360189     Document Type: Article

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