Published October 29, 2010 | Version v1
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Epitaxial Ni films for ballistic ferromagnetic nanostructures

Description

Nickel films of 170 nm thick were grown on sapphire substrates of the A, R and C orientations. Their electric characteristics and surface morphology were studied. Peculiarities of the film growth and optimum growth conditions for films of high electron mobility were determined. Nickel films grown on the sapphire A-plane with a high residual electron mean free path were found suitable for the fabrication of ballistic planar ferromagnetic nanostructures. Ballistic electron transport was observed in cross-type epitaxial Ni (111) nanostructures.

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Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2010.07.028

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.tsf.2010.07.028;
PII
S0040-6090(10)00978-8;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Thin Solid Films
Journal Volume
519
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
p. 527-535
ISSN
0040-6090
CODEN
THSFAP

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