Fe nanostructures were produced in Cr films by means of ion implantation fo
llowed by anneal at different temperatures. The magnetoresistance of these
systems is spin valve-like, but small (about 1%). The resistivity shows a v
ery broad minimum at fairly high temperatures, similar to the observed in a
morphous metals, spin or cluster glasses, or disordered materials. This can
be assigned to defect related scattering in these materials. (C) 2001 Else
vier Science B.V. All rights reserved.