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Surface, Interface and Thin-Film Magnetism: An Overview

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 February 2011

L. M. Falicov
L. M. Falicov*
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Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley CA 94720, and Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley CA 94720.
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Abstract

A brief review of the state of the art in the field of surface, interface and thin-film magnetism is presented.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 231: Symposium S – Magnetic Surfaces, Thin Films and Multilayers , 1991 , 3
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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