Domain structure of epitaxial Co films with perpendicular anisotropy

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Brandenburg, J ^a,b,c   Huhne R ^a,b   Schultz, L ^a,b   Neu, V ^a,b  

^a Institute for Metallic Materials   (Germany)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR CHEMICAL PHYSICS OF SOLIDS   (Germany)

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EID: 62349139773     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.054429     Document Type: Article

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