Effect of Magnetocrystalline Anisotropy in Single-Domain Polycrystalline Cobalt Islands

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 3805-3807

  New, R M H ^a   Pease, R F W ^a   White, R L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETIC RELAXATION; MAGNETIZATION; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; REMANENCE;

MAGNETIC ISLANDS; MAGNETOCRYSTALLINE ANISOTROPY; SINGLE DOMAIN POLYCRYSTALLINE COBALT ISLANDS;

MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0029404138     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: 19410069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/20.489778     Document Type: Article

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