Thermal Stability and Dynamic Magnetic Properties of NiO/Fe Multilayered Thin Films Prepared by Oblique-Angle Sputtering Technique

Subject Areas : Magnetic Materials

khalil  gheisari ¹ (Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, Ahvaz, Iran)
C.K.  Ong ² (Center for Superconducting and Magnetic Materials, Department of Physics, National University of Singapore, Singapore)

Received: 2022-02-05 Accepted : 2022-03-18 Published : 2022-04-01

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