Thin ferromagnetic films with competing surfaces: A Monte Carlo study of the classical Heisenberg model

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 55, Issue 18, 1997, Pages 12556-12560

  Jang, Hyunbum ^a   Grimson, Malcolm J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

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EID: 0000730161     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.55.12556     Document Type: Article

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