Antiferromagnetic metal spintronics

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 369, Issue 1948, 2011, Pages 3098-3114

  MacDonald, A H ^a,b   Tsoi, M ^a,b  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiferromagnets; Exchange bias; Giant magnetoresistance; Spin transfer torque; Spintronics

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; MAGNETOELECTRONICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLARIZATION;

AFM; ANTIFERROMAGNETICS; ANTIFERROMAGNETS; EXCHANGE BIAS; EXCHANGE-BIAS EFFECTS; EXPERIMENTAL CONTROL; INTERFACE STRUCTURES; SPIN TRANSFER TORQUE; THEORETICAL BASIS;

GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE;

EID: 80051777558     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2011.0014     Document Type: Review

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