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Peter Lubitz

Syed B Qadri

Earl F Skelton

Carmine Vittoria

Shu-Fan Cheng

Konrad Bussmann

Donald W Forester

A GMR stack has at least two ferromagnetic layers (e.g.,CoFe) spaced from each other by a nonferromagnetic layer (e.g., Cu). A layer of a phase-breaking material (such as Ta or a Ta-base alloy) between the nonferromagnetic layer and at least one of the two ferromagnetic layers prevents the undesirable growth of large-grained structures in the ferromagnetic layers.

Structures with improved magnetic characteristics for giant magneto-resistance applications

Zinc oxide stabilized zirconia containing zirconia in cubic phase is prepd by evaporating zirconia and zinc oxide and depositing zirconia and zinc oxide on an atomic scale on a substrate. The stabilized zirconia resists corrosion at high temperatures above 1000.degree. C., can be used as a part of a barrier coating, is transparent to visible light, and is electrically conducting.

Zinc oxide stabilized zirconia

A U, W, X, Y, or Z-type hexagonal ferrite and method for making such a fete are disclosed. The hexagonal ferrite has a formula as follows:

U, W, X, Y and Z-type ferrites

A solid-state hydrogen storage system. A layer of an amorphous binary metal lloy of a lanthanide and iron, nickel or cobalt is disposed on a suitable substrate and overcoated with palladium metal.

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Peter Lubitz