Introduction and control of metastable states in elliptical and rectangular magnetic nanoelements

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 84, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 4406-4408

  Liu, Xiaoxi ^a   Chapman, John N ^a   McVitie, Stephen ^a   Wilkinson, Chris D W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRON BEAM LITHOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NUCLEATION; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; REMANENCE;

DIFFERENTIAL PHASE CONTRAST (DPC); ENERGY BARRIERS; LORENTZ MICROSCOPY;

MAGNETIZATION;

EID: 3042701571     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1757647     Document Type: Article

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