Magnetic exchange force microscopy with atomic resolution

Nature

Volumn 446, Issue 7135, 2007, Pages 522-525

  Kaiser, Uwe ^a   Schwarz, Alexander ^a   Wiesendanger, Roland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NICKEL; OXIDE;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DATA ACQUISITION; MAGNETIC FIELD; SCANNING TUNNELLING MICROSCOPY;

ARTICLE; ATOM; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; FREQUENCY MODULATION; IMAGE QUALITY; MAGNETIC EXCHANGE FORCE MICROSCOPY; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 34047094889     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05617     Document Type: Article

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