Asymmetry of domain nucleation and enhanced coercivity in exchange-biased epitaxial NiO/NiFe bilayers

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 57, Issue 14, 1998, Pages R8111-R8114

  Nikitenko, V ^a   Gornakov, V ^a   Dedukh, L ^a   Kabanov, Yu P ^a   Khapikov, A ^a   Shapiro, A ^b   Shull, R ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 0001590458     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.57.R8111     Document Type: Article

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