A new phase diagram for layered antiferromagnetic films

Nature Materials

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 112-116

  Hellwig, Olav ^a   Kirk, Taryl L ^a,b   Kortright, Jeffrey B ^c   Berger, Andreas ^a   Fullerton, Eric E ^a  

^a IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROMAGNETISM; GROUND STATE; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MAGNETIC FILMS; MAGNETIZATION; MULTILAYERS; PHASE DIAGRAMS;

MAGNETIC REVERSAL;

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS;

COBALT; FERRIC ION; PLATINUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; MAGNETISM; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY;

CHEMISTRY, PHYSICAL; COBALT; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; MAGNETICS; PLATINUM;

EID: 0037316139     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat806     Document Type: Article

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