Arrays of ultrathin monocrystalline submicrometer-sized Fe dots: Néel-Brown relaxation and activation volume

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 1028-1034

  Wegrowe, J E ^a   Fruchart, O ^b   Nozieres J P ^b   Givord, D ^b   Rousseaux, F ^c   Decanini, D ^c   Ansermet, J Ph ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b LABORATOIRE DE CRISTALLOGRAPHIE   (France)

^c CNRS   (France)

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EID: 0000855218     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.370842     Document Type: Article

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