Magnetization reversal in arrays of Ni nanowires with different diameters

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 4070-4073

  Carignan, Louis Philippe ^a,b   Massicotte, Mathieu ^a   Caloz, Christophe ^b   Yelon, Arthur ^a   Ménard, David ^a  

^a ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b POLY GRAMES RESEARCH CENTER   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ferromagnetic nanowires; Magnetization process; Magnetization reversal; Vector vibrating sample magnetometry

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM OXIDE; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; HYSTERESIS; MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETOMETERS; MAGNETOMETRY; NANOWIRES;

ANGLE-DEPENDENT; ANHYSTERETIC CURVE; APPLIED FIELD; FERROMAGNETIC NANOWIRE; HYSTERESIS CURVE; MAGNETIC RESPONSE; NANOPOROUS ALUMINA TEMPLATES; VIBRATING SAMPLE MAGNETOMETRY;

MAGNETIZATION REVERSAL;

EID: 69049100837     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2009.2024162     Document Type: Article

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