Research Letters in Physical Chemistry
Volume 2008 (2008), Article ID 342976, 4 pages
doi:10.1155/2008/342976
Research Letter

Ultrasoft and High Magnetic Moment CoFe Films Directly Electrodeposited from a B-Reducer Contained Solution

Baoyu Zong, Guchang Han, Jinjun Qiu, Zaibing Guo, Li Wang, Wee-Kay Yeo, and Bo Liu

Data Storage Institute, A-Star, 5 Engineering Drive 1, National University of Singapore (NUS), 117608, Singapore

Received 13 March 2008; Accepted 20 May 2008

Academic Editor: Eli Ruckenstein

Copyright © 2008 Baoyu Zong et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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