Hysteresis-loop overskewing in the light of a novel nucleation mode

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 87, Issue 9 III, 2000, Pages 6334-6336

  Skomski, R ^a   Liu, J P ^a   Sellmyer, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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EID: 0005556687     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.372697     Document Type: Article

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