Depth-dependent magnetism in epitaxial MnSb thin films: Effects of surface passivation and cleaning

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 24, Issue 14, 2012, Pages

  Aldous, J D ^a   Burrows, C W ^a   Maskery, I ^a   Brewer, M S ^a   Hase, T P A ^a   Duffy, J A ^a   Lees, M R ^a   Sanchez Hanke C ^b   Decoster, T ^c   Theis, W ^c   Quesada, A ^d   Schmid, A K ^d   Bell, G R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPPING LAYER; DEPTH DEPENDENTS; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS; IN-SITU; MAGNETIC CONTRAST; NATIVE OXIDES; POLARIZED NEUTRON REFLECTIVITY; SPIN-POLARIZED LOW ENERGY ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES; SURFACE PASSIVATION; X-RAY MAGNETIC CIRCULAR DICHROISM; X-RAY RESONANT MAGNETIC SCATTERING;

ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITAXIAL FILMS; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; MANGANESE;

OXIDE FILMS;

MANGANESE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; MAGNETISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CIRCULAR DICHROISM; MAGNETICS; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84858658051     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/24/14/146002     Document Type: Article

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