Microstructure of NiFe epitaxial thin films grown on MgO single-crystal substrates

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 345-348

  Tanaka, Takahiro ^a   Ohtake, Mitsuru ^a   Kirino, Fumiyoshi ^b   Futamoto, Masaaki ^a  

^a CHUO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epitaxial growth; MgO single crystal substrate; NiFe thin film; TEM

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; FILM GROWTH; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LATTICE MISMATCH; MAGNESIA; MOLECULAR BEAM EPITAXY; OXIDE MINERALS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SUBSTRATES; SUPERCONDUCTING MATERIALS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EPITAXIAL THIN FILMS; FCC SINGLE CRYSTALS; FILM STRUCTURE; IN-PLANE LATTICES; MGO SINGLE CRYSTALS; NIFE THIN FILMS; SHARP BOUNDARIES; SINGLE CRYSTAL SUBSTRATES;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 76249097494     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2009.2031620     Document Type: Article

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