Site disorder in Co2 Fe (Al,Si) Heusler alloys and its influence on junction tunnel magnetoresistance

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 21, 2008, Pages

  Inomata, K ^a   Wojcik, M ^b   Jedryka, E ^b   Ikeda, N ^c   Tezuka, N ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Poland)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 45749091776     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.77.214425     Document Type: Article

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