Temperature-dependent Mn-diffusion modes in CoFeB- and CoFe-based magnetic tunnel junctions: Electron-microscopy studies

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 21, 2007, Pages

  Wang, Y ^a   Zeng, Z M ^a   Han, X F ^a   Zhang, X G ^b   Sun, X C ^c   Zhang, Z ^d  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c HUBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

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EID: 34347386302     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.75.214424     Document Type: Article

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