Reversal mechanisms in ferromagnetic nanostructures

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1935-1940

  Adeyeye, A O ^a   Goolaup, S ^a   Singh, N ^a   Jun, W ^a   Wang, C C ^a   Jain, S ^a   Tripathy, D ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Magnetic nanostructures; Magnetization reversal; Magnetostatic interactions

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETOSTATICS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES;

EQUILIBRIUM STATE; FERROMAGNETIC NANOSTRUCTURES; LATERAL DIMENSION; MAGNETIC NANOSTRUCTURES; MAGNETIC NANOWIRES; MAGNETIZATION REVERSAL PROCESS; MAGNETOSTATIC INTERACTIONS; REVERSAL MECHANISM;

MAGNETIZATION REVERSAL;

EID: 45849151701     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2008.924539     Document Type: Article

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