Theory for nucleation at an interface and magnetization reversal of a two-layer nanowire

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Loxley, Peter N ^a,b   Stamps, Robert L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 33244490086     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.73.024420     Document Type: Article

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