Influence of MgO overlayers on the electronic states of Fe(001) thin films grown on GaAs(001)

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Tong, Liu Niu ^a,b,c   Matthes, Frank ^b   Müller, Martina ^b   Schneider, Claus M ^b   Lee, Chan Gyu ^c  

^a ANHUI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c Changwon National University   (South Korea)

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EID: 40749083167     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.77.064421     Document Type: Article

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