Thermal stability of Cu and Fe nitrides and their applications for writing locally spin valves

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 26, 2009, Pages

  Navio C ^a   Alvarez, J ^a   Capitan, M J ^b   Camarero, J ^c   Miranda, R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE ESTRUCTURA DE LA MATERIA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUTO MADRILEÑO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS EN NANOCIENCIA IMDEA NANOCIENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BI-LAYER; NITRIDE FILMS; NONMAGNETIC; ROOM TEMPERATURE GROWTH; SPIN VALVE; SPINTRONICS; THERMAL STABILITY; THERMAL-ANNEALING; TRILAYERS;

NITRIDES; SEMICONDUCTOR GROWTH; SPIN DYNAMICS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

COPPER;

EID: 67649989362     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3159630     Document Type: Article

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