Patterned magnetic nanostructures and quantized magnetic disks

Proceedings of the IEEE

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 652-671

  Chou, Stephen Y ^a  

^a University of Minnesota ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic nanostriicture; Magnetoresistance; Nanoimprint lithography; Quantized magnetic disk; Quantum magnetic disk

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC DISK STORAGE; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETORESISTANCE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

MAGNETIC FORCE MICROSCOPY (MFM); MICROMAGNETICS;

NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 0031124398     PISSN: 00189219     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/5.573754     Document Type: Article

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