Mechanism of magnetization reversal in arrays of multilayered nanowires

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 47, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 4534-4541

  Krimpalis, Spyros ^a,b   Lupu, Nicoleta ^a   Chiriac, Horia ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR TECHNICAL PHYSICS   (Romania)

^b ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

Author keywords

Coercive field; electrodeposited nanowires; magnetization reversal; multilayered nanowires; remanence

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR VARIATION; ANODIC ALUMINUM OXIDE; APPLIED FIELD; COERCIVE FIELD; CU LAYERS; DIPOLAR INTERACTION; ELECTRODEPOSITED NANOWIRES; FERROMAGNETIC LAYERS; MAGNETIC LAYERS; MAGNETIZATION REVERSAL MECHANISMS; MAGNETO-STATIC COUPLINGS; MULTI-LAYERED; NANOWIRE ARRAYS; SHAPE ANISOTROPY; STONER-WOHLFARTH MODEL;

ANODIC OXIDATION; ASPECT RATIO; COERCIVE FORCE; ELECTRODEPOSITION; HYSTERESIS; HYSTERESIS LOOPS; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; NANOWIRES; REMANENCE;

MAGNETIZATION REVERSAL;

EID: 80155193191     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2011.2151873     Document Type: Article

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