Dynamics of field-driven domain-wall propagation in ferromagnetic nanowires

Nature Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 741-744

  Beach, Geoffrey S D ^a   Nistor, Corneliu ^a   Knutson, Carl ^a   Tsoi, Maxim ^a   Erskine, James L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; LINEAR SYSTEMS;

DOMAIN-WALL PROPAGATION; NANOWIRES; WALL MOTION;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

IRON; NANOTUBE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; KINETICS; MAGNETISM; MATERIALS TESTING; RADIATION EXPOSURE;

ELECTRIC WIRING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; IRON; KINETICS; MAGNETICS; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOTUBES;

EID: 25844465844     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat1477     Document Type: Article

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