Exchange bias in ferromagnetic nanoparticles embedded in an antiferromagnetic matrix

International Journal of Nanotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 23-42

  Nogues J ^a   Sort, J ^a,b   Langlais, V ^a   Doppiu, S ^a   Dieny, B ^b   Munoz J S ^a   Surinach S ^a   Baro M D ^a   Stoyanov, S ^c   Zhang, Y ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antiferromagnets; Coercivity; Exchage bias; Ferromagnetic nanoparticles; Squareness

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; BALL MILLING; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; COBALT COMPOUNDS; COERCIVE FORCE; CONDENSATION; HYDROGEN; IRON; MORPHOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OXIDES; REDUCTION;

ANTIFERROMAGNETS; EXCHANGE BIAS; FERROMAGNETIC (FM) NANOPARTICLES; SQUARENESS;

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 20344375396     PISSN: 14757435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijnt.2005.006973     Document Type: Article

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