Magnetic exchange bias of more than 1 Tesla in a natural mineral intergrowth

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 631-634

  McEnroe, Suzanne A ^a   Carter Stiglitz, Brian ^b   Harrison, Richard J ^c   Robinson, Peter ^a   Fabian, Karl ^a   McCammon, Catherine ^d  

^a GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÄT BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOMAGNETICS; PHASE SEPARATION;

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC PHASE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC ORIENTATIONS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC STRUCTURE; MAGNETIC EXCHANGE; MAGNETIC PHASIS; NATURAL MINERALS; NATURAL PROCESS; TECHNOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS;

MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

ARTICLE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; MAGNETIC EXCHANGE BIAS; MAGNETISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 34948851905     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2007.292     Document Type: Article

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