Chiral magnetic order at surfaces driven by inversion asymmetry

Nature

Volumn 447, Issue 7141, 2007, Pages 190-193

  Bode, M ^a,c   Heide, M ^b   Von Bergmann, K ^a   Ferriani, P ^a   Heinze, S ^a   Bihlmayer, G ^b   Kubetzka, A ^a   Pietzsch, O ^a   Blugel S ^b   Wiesendanger, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANGANESE; TUNGSTEN;

ASYMMETRY; BIOCHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL; DATA TRANSMISSION; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MAGNETIZATION; MANGANESE; MICROWAVE RADIATION; TUNGSTEN;

ARTICLE; ATOM; CHIRALITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; MAGNETISM; MICROWAVE RADIATION; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NANOANALYSIS; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; ROTATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TORQUE;

EID: 34248530404     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05802     Document Type: Article

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