Mitsuru Ueda, Hideharu Mori, et al.
Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry
The increasing technological importance of thin insulating layers calls for a thorough understanding of their structure. Here we apply scanning probe methods to investigate the structure of ultrathin magnesium oxide (MgO) which is the insulating material of choice in spintronic applications. A combination of force and current measurements gives high spatial resolution maps of the local three-dimensional insulator structure. When force measurements are not available, a lower spatial resolution can be obtained from tunneling images at different voltages. These broadly applicable techniques reveal a previously unknown complexity in the structure of MgO on Ag(001), such as steps in the insulator-metal interface. © 2013 American Chemical Society.
Mitsuru Ueda, Hideharu Mori, et al.
Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer Chemistry
Frank Stem
C R C Critical Reviews in Solid State Sciences
D.D. Awschalom, J.-M. Halbout
Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
J. Tersoff
Applied Surface Science