Magnetic properties and short-range structure analysis of granular cobalt silicon nitride multilayers

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 110, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Jimenez Villacorta F ^a,b   Espinosa, A ^b   Cespedes E ^b   Prieto, C ^b  

^a Northeastern University   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO; COBALT ATOMS; DENSITY OF STATE; ELECTRONIC CONFIGURATION; EXTENDED X-RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURES; FERROMAGNETIC CHARACTER; GREEN FUNCTION; LOCAL ORDER; MAGNETIC FEATURES; MAGNETIZATION VALUES; METAL ATOMS; METAL INSULATORS; METAL LAYER; METAL THICKNESS; MULTI-LAYERED SYSTEMS; SHORT-RANGE STRUCTURE; SUPERPARAMAGNETIC BEHAVIOR; X-RAY ABSORPTION NEAR EDGE SPECTROSCOPY; XANES;

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; EXTENDED X RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE SPECTROSCOPY; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; METAL INSULATOR BOUNDARIES; MULTILAYERS; PRASEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS; SILICON NITRIDE; SUPERPARAMAGNETISM;

COBALT;

EID: 84859357910     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3665877     Document Type: Article

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