Role of interface alloying in the exchange bias of Fe/Cr bilayers

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Ali, S Rizwan ^a   Janjua, M Bilal ^a   Fecioru Morariu, M ^a,c   Lott, D ^b   Smits, C J P ^a,d   Guntherodt G ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c Oerlikon Solar AG   (Switzerland)

^d OTB Solar   (Netherlands)

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EID: 77956500679     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.82.020402     Document Type: Article

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