Magnetic and Electrical Properties of Heusler Alloy Co2MnSi Thin Films Grown on Ge(001) Substrates via an Al2O3 Tunnel Barrier

Heusler alloy Co2MnSi/Al2O3 heterostructures on single-crystal Ge(001) substrates were prepared through magnetron sputtering for both Co2MnSi and Al2O3 thin films as a promising candidate for future-generation semiconductor-based spintronic devices. Sufficiently high saturation magnetization 781 emu...

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Main Authors: Gui-fang Li, Shibin Liu, Yongqian Du
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:Journal of Nanomaterials
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/2131940