Organometallic routes into the nanorealms of binary Fe-Si phases

Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1049-1088

  Kolel Veetil, Manoj K ^a   Keller, Teddy M ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fe3Si; Fe5Si3; Ferromagnet; Fesi; Fesi2; GMR; Iron; Kondo; Magnetoresistance; Organometallic; Silicide; SLS; VLS

Indexed keywords

FERROMAGNETS; FESI; FESI2; GMR; KONDO; SLS; VLS;

CARBON; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE; IRON; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; MAGNETORESISTANCE; MAGNETS; ORGANOMETALLICS; SILICIDES; SILICON; SOLID STATE REACTIONS; TRANSITION METALS;

IRON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 80051653562     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19961944     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ma3021049     Document Type: Article

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