Spin-dependent tunneling and Coulomb blockade in ferromagnetic nanoparticles

Physics Reports

Volumn 451, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-35

  Yakushiji, Kay ^a   Mitani, Seiji ^b   Ernult, Franck ^b   Takanashi, Koki ^b   Fujimori, Hiroyasu ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b The Research Institute for Electronic and Magnetic Materials   (Japan)

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EID: 34547931472     PISSN: 03701573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physrep.2007.07.001     Document Type: Review

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