Tuning the coercive field of Ni and CuNi thin films with the embedding of Co nanoparticles: An element-specific study

Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials

Volumn 322, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 3817-3821

  Dempsey, K J ^a   Hindmarch, A T ^a   Arena, D A ^b   Marrows, C H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coercive field; Magnetic nanocluster; X ray magnetic circular dichroism

Indexed keywords

CAPPING LAYER; CO NANOPARTICLES; COBALT NANOPARTICLES; COERCIVE FIELD; COERCIVITIES; MAGNETIC NANOCLUSTERS; PINNING SITES; SOFT X-RAY MAGNETIC CIRCULAR DICHROISM; SPIN MOMENTS; SUM RULE; X-RAY MAGNETIC CIRCULAR DICHROISM;

COBALT; COERCIVE FORCE; DICHROISM; HYSTERESIS; HYSTERESIS LOOPS; MAGNETIC THIN FILMS; MULTILAYERS; NANOCLUSTERS; NANOPARTICLES; SPECTROSCOPY; X RAYS;

NANOMAGNETICS;

EID: 77956139360     PISSN: 03048853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2010.08.019     Document Type: Article

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