Electrical control of the ferromagnetic phase transition in cobalt at room temperature

Nature Materials

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 853-856

  Chiba, D ^a,b   Fukami, S ^c   Shimamura, K ^a   Ishiwata, N ^c   Kobayashi, K ^a   Ono, T ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c NEC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COBALT; CURIE TEMPERATURE; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETISM; TEMPERATURE; TRANSITION METALS;

ELECTRICAL CONTROL; FERROMAGNETIC PHASE TRANSITION; FIELD-EFFECT DEVICES; MAGNETIC APPLICATIONS; MAGNETIC COERCIVITIES; TRANSITION-METAL FERROMAGNETS; TWO DIMENSIONALITY; ULTRATHIN COBALT FILMS;

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS;

EID: 80054937524     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat3130     Document Type: Article

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