Magnetization reversal processes in magnetic bicrystal junctions

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2006, Pages

  Gunnarsson, R ^a   Hanson, M ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

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EID: 33144459173     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.73.014435     Document Type: Article

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