The effect of Fe-coverage on the structure, morphology and magnetic properties of α-FeSi2 nanoislands

Nanotechnology

Volumn 23, Issue 49, 2012, Pages

  Tripathi, J K ^a   Garbrecht, M ^b,c   Kaplan, W D ^b   Markovich, G ^a   Goldfarb, I ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOMALOUS MAGNETIC BEHAVIOR; EX SITU; FERROMAGNETIC COUPLING; MAGNETIC MEMORIES; NANO-ISLANDS; NONMAGNETICS; RANDOMLY DISTRIBUTED; SELF-ASSEMBLED; SI (1 1 1); SOLID PHASE EPITAXY; SUPERCONDUCTING QUANTUM INTERFERENCE DEVICE MAGNETOMETRY; SURFACE ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; THERMAL-ANNEALING;

MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETIC STORAGE; PHOTOELECTRONS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SILICIDES; SILICON; SQUIDS; SUPERPARAMAGNETISM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VIRTUAL STORAGE; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

TWO DIMENSIONAL;

IRON; NANOMATERIAL; SILICON;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; MACROMOLECULE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; IRON; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SILICON; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84870026319     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/23/49/495603     Document Type: Article

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