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Well-defined granular Co/Ag films have been prepared by the co-deposition of in-beam prepared Co clusters and Ag atoms. In this way we were able to study the giant magnetoresistance (GMR) as a function of mean Co cluster size for a fixed Co cluster volume fraction vcl as well as a function of vcl for a fixed . Mean Co cluster size has been varied between and 6.9 nm, Co cluster volume fraction between 5 and 43%. The GMR was measured in-situ at T=4.2 K in magnetic fields 1.2 T. The analysis of the GMR data obtained from these studies clearly shows that spin-dependent scattering at the Co-cluster/Ag-matrix interface is the only relevant scattering mechanism causing the GMR in our well-defined samples.
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Received: 21 April 1998 / Received in final form: 17 May 1998 / Accepted: 18 May 1998
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Rubin, S., Holdenried, M. & Micklitz, H. Well-defined Co clusters embedded in an Ag matrix: A model system for the giant magnetoresistance in granular films. Eur. Phys. J. B 5, 23–28 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1007/s100510050414
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s100510050414