Atomic spin structure of antiferromagnetic domain walls

Nature Materials

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 477-481

  Bode, M ^a   Vedmedenko, E Y ^a   Von Bergmann, K ^a   Kubetzka, A ^a   Ferriani, P ^a   Heinze, S ^a   Wiesendanger, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COUPLINGS; CRYSTAL ATOMIC STRUCTURE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MONOLAYERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

ATOMIC SPIN STRUCTURES; MAGNETIC STRUCTURES; MIRROR-SYMMETRIC POSITION; P-DOMAIN WALLS;

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 33744795738     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat1646     Document Type: Article

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