Switching of magnetization by nonlinear resonance studied in single nanoparticles

Nature Materials

Volumn 2, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 524-527

  Thirion, Christophe ^a   Wernsdorfer, Wolfgang ^a   Mailly, Dominique ^b  

^a LABORATOIRE DE CRISTALLOGRAPHIE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT; DAMPING; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC PERMEABILITY; MAGNETIZATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SQUIDS;

LANDAU-LIFSCHITZ-GILBERT EQUATION; MAGNETIC PARTICLE; MAGNETIZATION REVERSAL; MAGNETOCRYSTALLINE ANISOTROPY; MAGNETOELASTIC ANISOTROPY; STONER-WOHLFARTH MODEL; SURFACE ANISOTROPY;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

COBALT; MICROSPHERE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; EVALUATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INSTRUMENTATION; MAGNETISM; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; VALIDATION STUDY;

COBALT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; INFORMATION STORAGE AND RETRIEVAL; MAGNETICS; MICROSPHERES; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 0042285081     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat946     Document Type: Letter

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