Electrochemical growth of Co nanodots on patterned Si substrates

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2050-2052

  Rastei, M V ^a   Meckenstock, R ^a   Bucher, J P ^a   Devaux, E ^b   Ebbesen, Th ^b  

^a INSTITUT DE PHYSIQUE ET CHIMIE DES MATÉRIAUX DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LOUIS PASTEUR   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); ELECTRODEPOSITION; ELECTRODES; FERROMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIZATION; RESONANCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUBSTRATES;

CYLINDRICAL DOTS; ELECTROCHEMICAL GROWTH; MAGNETIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; NANODOTS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 5444260486     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1787597     Document Type: Article

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