Cotunneling enhancement of magnetoresistance in double magnetic tunnel junctions with embedded superparamagnetic NiFe nanoparticles

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 21, 2010, Pages

  Dempsey, K J ^a   Hindmarch, A T ^a   Wei, H X ^b   Qin, Q H ^b   Wen, Z C ^b   Wang, W X ^b   Vallejo Fernandez, G ^c   Arena, D A ^d   Han, X F ^b   Marrows, C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^d BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 78650809998     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.82.214415     Document Type: Article

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