Chapter 4 Static, Dynamic, and Thermal Properties of Magnetic Multilayers and Nanostructures

Contemporary Concepts of Condensed Matter Science

Volumn 1, Issue C, 2006, Pages 77-114

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DOI: 10.1016/S1572-0934(05)01004-8     Document Type: Review

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