Effect of positional disorder in systems of ultrafine ferromagnetic particles

European Physical Journal B

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 229-234

  Porto, M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR PHYSIK KOMPLEXER SYSTEME   (Germany)

Author keywords

75.40.Mg Numerical simulation studies; 75.50.Lk Spin glasses and other random magnets; 75.50.Tt Fine particle systems; nanocrystalline materials

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011981890     PISSN: 14346028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1140/epjb/e20020084     Document Type: Article

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