Iron nanoparticle driven spin-valve behavior in aligned carbon nanotube arrays

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 17, 2008, Pages

  Bergeson, J D ^a,c   Etzkorn, S J ^a   Murphey, M B ^a   Qu, L ^b   Yang, J ^b,d   Dai, L ^b   Epstein, A J ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Dayton   (United States)

^c NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^d ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIZATION REVERSAL; MAGNETORESISTANCE; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTUBES; SPIN DYNAMICS;

ALIGNED CARBON NANOTUBES; FERROMAGNETIC LAYERS; IRON CATALYST NANOPARTICLES; IRON NANO PARTICLES; LOW TEMPERATURES; MAGNETIC ELECTRODES; MAGNETORESISTANCE RATIOS; SPIN SCATTERINGS; VALVE BEHAVIORS;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 55149105505     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2999374     Document Type: Article

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