Effect of interface bonding on spin-dependent tunneling from the oxidized Co surface

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 17, 2004, Pages

  Belashchenko, K D ^a   Tsymbal, E Y ^a   Van Schilfgaarde, M ^b   Stewart, D A ^c   Oleynik, I I ^d   Jaswal, S S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b Arizona State University   (United States)

^c SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; COBALT; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL BOND; DENSITY; ELECTRODE; GEOMETRY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OXIDATION; POLARIZATION; ROTATION; VACUUM;

EID: 42749108910     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.69.174408     Document Type: Article

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