Nanomechanical detection of itinerant electron spin flip

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 3, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 720-723

  Zolfagharkhani, Guiti ^a   Gaidarzhy, Alexei ^b   Degiovanni, Pascal ^a,c   Kettemann, Stefan ^d   Fulde, Peter ^e   Mohanty, Pritiraj ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^d JACOBS UNIVERSITY BREMEN   (Germany)

^e Asia Pacific Center for Theoretical Physics (APCTP)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; ELECTRONS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MAGNETIC MULTILAYERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MAGNETIZATION REVERSAL; NANOWIRES; SPIN DYNAMICS; SPIN POLARIZATION; TORQUE;

DIRECT MEASUREMENT; ITINERANT ELECTRONS; MEASUREMENTS OF; MECHANICAL TORQUE; METALLIC NANOWIRES; PRECISION MEASUREMENT; SPIN POLARIZED CURRENTS; TORSION OSCILLATORS;

ELECTROSPINNING;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; ELECTRON; ELECTRON SPIN; MAGNETISM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NANOANALYSIS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OSCILLATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 57449111885     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2008.311     Document Type: Article

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