Phase transitions and multidomain states in magnetic nanostructures with competing anisotropies

Physics of the Solid State

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1591-1601

  Dragunov, I E ^a   Bukhtiyarova, S V ^b   Zhikharev, I V ^a,b   Bogdanov, A N ^a,c   Rossler U K ^c  

^a DONETSK PHYSICOTECHNICAL INSTITUTE   (Ukraine)

^b LUHANSK TARAS SHEVCHENKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

^c IFW DRESDEN   (Germany)

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EID: 33747169820     PISSN: 10637834     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1134/S1063783406080270     Document Type: Article

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