Suppression of the intrinsic stochastic pinning of domain walls in magnetic nanostripes

Nature Communications

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Muñoz, Manuel ^a   Prieto, José L ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE MICROELECTRÓNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLE; MAGNETIC NANOSTRIPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; DOMAIN WALL STOCHASTIC PINNING; MAGNETISM; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PROBABILITY; STOCHASTIC MODEL; TIME; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY;

MAGNETICS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 82555186397     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1575     Document Type: Article

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