Temperature dependence of transport spin polarization in Nd Ni5 from point-contact Andreev reflection

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Mukhopadhyay, Sourin ^a   Raychaudhuri, Pratap ^a   Joshi, Devang A ^b   Tomy, C V ^b  

^a TATA INSTITUTE OF FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

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EID: 33846355765     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.75.014504     Document Type: Article

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