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REPORTS
that proposed to explain, in terms of sp-d bond- down to about 5% at 300 K in Co/STO/
ing, the positive polarization at the Co-ALO LSMO (4). However, other types of oxides of
interface (8). However, there is no general the- the double-perovskite family (for example,
ory predicting the trend of the experimental Sr2FeMoO6) combine electronic properties
results for Co—that is, a negative polarization similar to those of manganites with a defi-
with oxides of d elements (STO, CLO, Ta2O5) nitely higher Curie temperature (15). Their
and a positive one when there are only s and p use in magnetic tunnel junctions is promising
states (ALO). It is likely that the spin polariza- for a new generation of tunnel junctions with
tion should also depend on the position of the very high magnetoresistance for room-tem-
Fermi level with respect to the electronic levels perature applications.
of each character above and below the gap of
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k, following P(k) ⬃ k ⫺␥ actor, where ␥actor ⫽