Thermal dependence of coercivity in soft magnetic nanocrystals

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 366-370

  Hernando, A ^a   Marin P ^a   Vazquez M ^a   Barandiaran J ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

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EID: 0001006699     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.58.366     Document Type: Article

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