Structural coherence and layer perfection in Fe/MgO multilayers

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Raanaei, Hossein ^a,b   Lidbaum, Hans ^a   Liebig, Andreas ^a   Leifer, Klaus ^a   Hjörvarsson, Björgvin ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b PERSIAN GULF UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; EPITAXIAL LAYERS; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SUPERLATTICES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

STRUCTURAL COHERENCE; STRUCTURAL QUALITY; SUPERLATTICE DIFFRACTION;

MULTILAYERS;

EID: 43049123479     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/20/5/055212     Document Type: Article

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