Magnetic and electronic properties of D022-Mn3Ge (001) films

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 101, Issue 13, 2012, Pages

  Kurt, H ^a,b   Baadji, N ^a   Rode, K ^a   Venkatesan, M ^a   Stamenov, P ^a   Sanvito, S ^a   Coey, J M D ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b ISTANBUL MEDENIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; MEMORY ELEMENT; ORIENTED THIN FILMS; POINT CONTACT ANDREEV REFLECTION; SPIN TORQUE; THERMALLY STABLE; UNIAXIAL ANISOTROPY;

ANISOTROPY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; EPITAXIAL FILMS; FERMI LEVEL; GERMANIUM; SPIN POLARIZATION;

MANGANESE;

EID: 84877336169     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4754123     Document Type: Article

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