Interface and transport properties of Fe/V/MgO/Fe and Fe/V/Fe/MgO/Fe magnetic tunneling junctions

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 21, 2009, Pages

  Feng, Xiaobing ^a   Bengone, O ^a   Alouani, M ^a   Rungger, I ^b   Sanvito, S ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE ET CHIMIE DES MATÉRIAUX DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

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EID: 68949135796     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.214432     Document Type: Article

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