Perspectives of giant magnetoresistance

Solid State Physics - Advances in Research and Applications

Volumn 56, Issue C, 2001, Pages 113-237

  Tsymbal, E Y ^a   Pettifor, D G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77956697549     PISSN: 00811947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0081-1947(01)80019-9     Document Type: Article

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