Magnetization reversal in individual cobalt micro-and nanowires grown by focused-electron-beam-induced-deposition

Nanotechnology

Volumn 20, Issue 47, 2009, Pages

  Fernndez Pacheco, A ^a   De Teresa, J M ^a   Szkudlarek, A ^a   Cordoba R ^a   Ibarra, M R ^a   Petit, D ^b   O'Brien, L ^b   Zeng, H T ^b   Lewis, E R ^b   Read, D E ^b   Cowburn, R P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE; COERCIVE FIELD; COMPOSITIONAL GRADIENTS; LATERAL DIMENSION; MAGNETIC NANOSTRUCTURES; MAGNETIC REVERSAL; MAGNETO-OPTICAL KERR EFFECTS; MICROMAGNETIC SIMULATIONS; NANOMETRICS; POLYCRYSTALLINE; SPATIALLY RESOLVED; STRUCTURAL PROFILES;

ASPECT RATIO; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COBALT; ELECTRIC WIRE; KERR MAGNETOOPTICAL EFFECT; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; MAGNETS; NANOWIRES; OPTICAL KERR EFFECT;

MAGNETIZATION REVERSAL;

COBALT; COBALT NANOWIRE; CRYSTALLIN; NANOMATERIAL; NANOWIRE; POLYCRYSTALLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRON BEAM; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOCUSED ELECTRON BEAM INDUCED DEPOSITION; GROWTH REGULATION; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; NANOFABRICATION; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 70449780564     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/20/47/475704     Document Type: Article

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