Nanoscale magnetic domains in mesoscopic magnets

Science

Volumn 272, Issue 5269, 1996, Pages 1782-1785

  Hehn, Michel ^a   Ounadjela, Kamel ^a   Bucher, Jean Pierre ^a   Rousseaux, Françoise ^b   Decanini, Dominique ^b   Bartenlian, Bernard ^c   Chappert, Claude ^c  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE ET CHIMIE DES MATÉRIAUX DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT; GEOMETRY; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC HYSTERESIS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

HIGH RESOLUTION MAGNETIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; MAGNETIZATION REVERSAL PROCESS; MESOSCOPIC MAGNETS; SUBMICROMETER SIZED DOTS;

MAGNETIC DOMAINS;

ARTICLE; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; GEOMETRY; MAGNET; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 15844390043     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.272.5269.1782     Document Type: Article

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