Controlling the kinetic order of spin-reorientation transitions in Ni/Cu (100) films by tuning the substrate step structure

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 19, 2007, Pages

  Klein, C ^a   Ramchal, R ^b   Schmid, A K ^a   Farle, M ^b  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

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EID: 34347341722     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.75.193405     Document Type: Article

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