Magnetoresistance of nanocontacts with constrained magnetic domain walls

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1044181-1044187

  Wegrowe, J E ^a,b   Wade, T ^a   Hoffer, X ^a   Gravier, L ^a   Bonard, J M ^a   Ansermet, J Ph ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b LABORATOIRE DES SOLIDES IRRADIÉS   (France)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HYSTERESIS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NANOPARTICLE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 0037741800     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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