Design of spintronic materials with simple structures

Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 3652-3660

  Fong, C Y ^a   Qian, M C ^a   Liu, Kai ^a   Yang, L H ^b   Pask, J E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Giant Magnetoresistance (GMR); Spintronics; Zincblende half metals

Indexed keywords

BINARY COMPOUNDS; DIGITAL FERROMAGNETIC HETEROSTRUCTURE; HALF METALS; KEY FEATURES; METALLIC PROPERTIES; SIMPLE STRUCTURES; SPECIAL PROPERTIES; SPINTRONIC MATERIALS; SPINTRONICS; ZINC BLENDES; ZINCBLENDE HALF METALS; ZINCBLENDE STRUCTURES;

ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETORESISTANCE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE;

EID: 55949113591     PISSN: 15334880     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2008.009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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