Grain-boundary-induced spin disorder in nanocrystalline gadolinium

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 21, Issue 15, 2009, Pages

  Dobrich F ^a   Elmas, M ^a   Ferdinand, A ^a   Markmann, J ^a   Sharp, M ^b   Eckerlebe, H ^b   Kohlbrecher, J ^c   Birringer, R ^a   Michels, A ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTO CORRELATION FUNCTIONS; CHARACTERISTIC LENGTHS; DEFECT CORES; GRAIN-BOUNDARY; LENGTH-SCALE; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY FIELDS; MAGNETIC-FIELD; NANO-CRYSTALLINE; SPIN DISORDERS; SPIN SYSTEMS;

CRYSTALLITE SIZE; GADOLINIUM; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPIN DYNAMICS;

NANOCRYSTALLINE ALLOYS;

EID: 65549112302     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/21/15/156003     Document Type: Article

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