Surface ferromagnetism and exchange bias in vacuum annealed Co3-y Zny O4 films

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Sudakar, C ^a   Kharel, P ^a   Lawes, G ^a   Suryanarayanan, R ^a,c   Naik, R ^a   Naik, V M ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN DEARBORN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXCHANGE BIAS; MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTING OXIDES; METAL CLUSTERS; SURFACE FERROMAGNETISM;

ANNEALING; ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MICROSTRUCTURE; SPIN COATING;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 39349094367     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2836792     Document Type: Article

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