The Kondo effect in the presence of ferromagnetism

Science

Volumn 306, Issue 5693, 2004, Pages 86-89

  Pasupathy, Abhay N ^a   Bialczak, Radoslaw C ^a   Martinek, Jan ^b,c,d   Grose, Jacob E ^a   Donev, Luke A K ^a   McEuen, Paul L ^a   Ralph, Daniel C ^a  

^a Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics and Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORRELATION METHODS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES; ELECTRON TUNNELING; MAGNETIC FIELDS; SIGNAL DETECTION;

JULLERE ESTIMATES; KONDO EFFECT; NICKEL ELECTRODES;

FERROMAGNETISM;

FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL; NICKEL;

PHYSICS;

ACCELERATION; ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRODE; KONDO EFFECT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 7544223328     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1102068     Document Type: Article

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