Chapter 8 Current-induced switching of magnetization

Contemporary Concepts of Condensed Matter Science

Volumn 1, Issue C, 2006, Pages 273-311

  Edwards, D M ^a   Mathon, J ^a  

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DOI: 10.1016/S1572-0934(05)01008-5     Document Type: Review

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