Spin reorientations induced by morphology changes in fe/ag(001)

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 22, 1999, Pages 14516-14519

  Schaller, D M ^a   Burgler D E ^a   Schmidt, C M ^a   Meisinger, F ^a   Guntherodt H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

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EID: 0001162031     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.59.14516     Document Type: Article

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