Self-assembly of magnetic nanostructures

Zeitschrift fur Physik D-Atoms Molecules and Clusters

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 539-541

  Tománek, David ^a   Kim, Seong Gon ^a   Jund, Philippe ^a   Borrmann, Peter ^b   Stamerjohanns, Heinrich ^b   Hilf, Eberhard R ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

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EID: 0344486221     PISSN: 01787683     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004600050272     Document Type: Article

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