Switching the conductance of Dy nanocontacts by magnetostriction

Nano Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 574-578

  Müller, Marc ^a   Montbrun, Richard ^a   Marz, Michael ^a   Fritsch, Veronika ^a   Sürgers, Christoph ^a   Löhneysen, Hilbert V ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Break junctions; conductance; dysprosium; magnetostriction; nanocontacts

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR DEPENDENCE; BREAK JUNCTIONS; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTANCE; FERROMAGNETIC STATE; MAGNETIC NANOCONTACTS; MAGNETOSTRICTIVE PROPERTIES; NANOCONTACTS; RARE-EARTH METALS;

DYSPROSIUM; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETOSTRICTION;

MAGNETOSTRICTIVE DEVICES;

DYSPROSIUM; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; MAGNETISM; MICROELECTRODE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

DYSPROSIUM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MAGNETICS; MICROELECTRODES; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

EID: 79851475413     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl103574m     Document Type: Article

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