Ballistic magnetoresistance?

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Doudin, B ^a   Viret, M ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE ET CHIMIE DES MATÉRIAUX DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b SERVICE DE PHYSIQUE DE L ETAT CONDENSÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

ATOMIC SIZE CONSTRICTIONS; BALLISTIC MAGNETORESISTANCE; CONDUCTANCE CHANNELS;

MAGNETORESISTANCE;

EID: 38949088914     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/20/8/083201     Document Type: Article

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