Magnetic Force Microscopy Studies of Patterned Magnetic Structures

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 39, Issue 5 II, 2003, Pages 3420-3425

  Zhu, Xiaobin ^a,b   Grutter, Peter ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hysteresis loop; Magnetic force microscopy; Magnetic nanostructures; Magnetostatic coupling

Indexed keywords

IMAGING SYSTEMS; MAGNETIC COUPLINGS; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETOSTATICS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SWITCHING;

MAGNETIC FORCE MICROSCOPY;

MAGNETIC HYSTERESIS;

EID: 0141987532     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2003.816170     Document Type: Article

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