Current-perpendicular-to-plane magnetoresistance of ferromagnetic F/Al interfaces (F=Py, Co, Fe, and Co91 Fe9) and structural studies of Co/Al and Py/Al

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 22, 2008, Pages

  Sharma, A ^a   Theodoropoulou, N ^a   Haillard, T ^a   Acharyya, R ^a   Loloee, R ^a   Pratt Jr , W P ^a   Bass, J ^a   Zhang, J ^b   Crimp, M A ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

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EID: 46049115436     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.77.224438     Document Type: Article

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