Controlling spin-dependent tunneling by bandgap tuning in epitaxial rocksalt MgZnO films

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Li, D L ^a   Ma, Q L ^a   Wang, S G ^a   Ward, R C C ^b   Hesjedal, T ^b   Zhang, X G ^c,d   Kohn, A ^e   Amsellem, E ^e   Yang, G ^a   Liu, J L ^a   Jiang, J ^a   Wei, H X ^a   Han, X F ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

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EID: 84947968070     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep07277     Document Type: Article

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