Evidence for coexistence of exchange bias and exchange spring effects in oxidized Co nanocluster assembled films

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Dobrynin, A N ^a,b   Van Bael, M J ^a   Temst, K ^a,c   Llevens, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b LABORATOIRE DE CRISTALLOGRAPHIE   (France)

^c KU LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; COOLING; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIZATION; OXIDATION;

EXCHANGE SPRING EFFECTS; MAGNETIZATION VECTORS;

NANOCLUSTERS;

EID: 34547882694     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/9/8/258     Document Type: Article

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