Giant Magnetoresistance in Magnetic Layered and Granular Materials

Solid State Physics - Advances in Research and Applications

Volumn 47, Issue C, 1994, Pages 367-462

  Levy, Peter M ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77956917592     PISSN: 00811947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0081-1947(08)60642-6     Document Type: Article

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