Electromotive force and huge magnetoresistance in magnetic tunnel junctions

Nature

Volumn 458, Issue 7237, 2009, Pages 489-492

  Hai, Pham Nam ^a   Ohya, Shinobu ^a,b   Tanaka, Masaaki ^a,b   Barnes, Stewart E ^c,d   Maekawa, Sadamichi ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL; NANOMATERIAL; ZINC;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRON; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIZATION;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FORCE; MAGNETIC FIELD; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 63649155217     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature07879     Document Type: Article

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