Thermal stability of a Co/Cu giant magnetoresistance (GMR) multilayer system

Ultramicroscopy

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 637-643

  Vovk, V ^a   Schmitz, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

GMR; Thin films; wide angle tomographic atom probe (WATAP)

Indexed keywords

[CO/CU]; CU LAYERS; FERROMAGNETIC COUPLINGS; GMR; GMR EFFECTS; HIGH-ANGLE GRAIN BOUNDARIES; ION-BEAM SPUTTERING; LAYER INTERFACES; LAYERED STRUCTURES; MAGNETORESISTIVE; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; MULTI-LAYER SYSTEMS; TEMPERATURE RANGES; THERMAL REACTIONS; THERMAL STABILITIES; THIN FILM MULTILAYERS; TUNGSTEN TIPS; WIDE-ANGLE TOMOGRAPHIC ATOM PROBE (WATAP);

ATOMS; DETERIORATION; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; FILM PREPARATION; GALVANOMAGNETIC EFFECTS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; HEAT TREATMENT; MAGNETIC RECORDING; MAGNETOELECTRONICS; MULTILAYERS; PROBES; SPUTTERING; SYSTEM STABILITY; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; TUNGSTEN;

GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE;

ALLOY; COBALT; COPPER; TUNGSTEN;

ARTICLE; HEAT TREATMENT; MAGNETISM; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOSTABILITY; TOMOGRAPHY; WIDE ANGLE TOMOGRAPHIC ATOM PROBE;

EID: 62549126862     PISSN: 03043991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultramic.2008.11.026     Document Type: Article

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