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This chapter describes magnetic oxide thin films that are potentially applicable to the next generation spintronic devices. Aluminum oxide and magnesium oxide have already been used as the tunnel barriers in the magnetic tunnel junction which is the key component of Magnetic Random Access Memory, but recently magnetic oxides and their heterostructures have become an active research area for Spintronics. The focus is mainly on three categories of magnetic oxide thin films: half-metallic oxides, diluted magnetic oxides, and multiferroic oxides which would either enhance the performance or provide new functionalities to spintronic devices.

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Lu, J., West, K.G., Wolf, S.A. (2010). Novel Magnetic Oxide Thin Films. In: Ramanathan, S. (eds) Thin Film Metal-Oxides. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-0664-9_3

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