Giant magnetic anisotropy of single cobalt atoms and nanoparticles

Science

Volumn 300, Issue 5622, 2003, Pages 1130-1133

  Gambardella, P ^a,b   Rusponi, S ^a,b   Veronese, M ^c   Dhesi, S S ^d,f   Grazioli, C ^c   Dallmeyer, A ^e   Cabria, I ^e   Zeller, R ^e   Dederichs, P H ^e   Kern, K ^a,b   Carbone, C ^c,e   Brune, H ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^e FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^f RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; SUBSTRATES;

GIANT MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

COBALT; NANOPARTICLE; PLATINUM;

COBALT; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE; ENERGY; MAGNETISM; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; THEORY;

EID: 0038626244     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1082857     Document Type: Article

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