Ferromagnetic domain nucleation and growth in colossal magnetoresistive manganite

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-41

  Murakami, Y ^a,b   Kasai, H ^a,c   Kim, J J ^a,g   Mamishin, S ^a,d   Shindo, D ^a,b   Mori, S ^e   Tonomura, A ^a,c,f  

^a OKINAWA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c HITACHI LTD   (Japan)

^d HITACHI HIGH TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION   (Japan)

^e Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

^f RIKEN   (Japan)

^g SAMSUNG Electronics   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL STORAGE; DOMAIN WALLS; ELECTRON HOLOGRAPHY; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MAGNETIC STORAGE; MAGNETOCRYSTALLINE ANISOTROPY; MANGANITES; NANOMAGNETICS; NEUTRON SCATTERING; NUCLEATION; PHASE SEPARATION;

APPLIED MAGNETIC FIELDS; COLOSSAL-MAGNETORESISTIVE MANGANITES; EXCHANGE STIFFNESS; FERROMAGNETIC DOMAINS; FERROMAGNETIC PHASE; LORENTZ MICROSCOPIES; MAGNETIC PARAMETERS; NUCLEATION AND GROWTH;

COLOSSAL MAGNETORESISTANCE;

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; ELECTRON; HOLOGRAPHY; MAGNETISM; MICROSCOPY; NANOANALYSIS; NEUTRON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 73849097942     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2009.342     Document Type: Article

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