Numerical simulation of domain walls in Fe whiskers and their interaction with deposited thin films

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 21, 2004, Pages 1-4

  Christoph, V ^a   Schafer R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES DRESDEN   (Germany)

^b Institute for Complex Materials   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; FILM; MAGNETIC FIELD; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; VIBRISSA;

EID: 13744260458     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.70.214419     Document Type: Article

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