Spin-polarized scanning tunneling microscopy: Insight into magnetism from nanostructures to atomic scale spin structures

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 66, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 61-71

  Von Bergmann, K ^a   Bode, M ^a   Kubetzka, A ^a   Pietzsch, O ^a   Wiesendanger, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Magnetism; Nanostructures; Spin polarized (SP) STM

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MONOLAYERS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SPIN POLARIZATION;

ATOMIC SCALE; ELECTRONIC.STRUCTURE; FE MONOLAYERS; GROWTH MODES; MEASUREMENTS OF; PREPARATION TEMPERATURES; SAMPLE AREAS; SCANNING TUNNELLING SPECTROSCOPY; SPIN STRUCTURES; SPIN-POLARIZED SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

NANOSTRUCTURES;

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL; IRON; NANOPARTICLE; TUNGSTEN;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 18544379933     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jemt.20146     Document Type: Article

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