Evidence for in-plane antiferromagnetic domains in ultrathin NiO films

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 5201-5204

  Spanke, D ^a   Solinus, V ^a   Knabben, D ^a   Hillebrecht, F ^a   Ciccacci, F ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

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EID: 0000156548     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.58.5201     Document Type: Article

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