Hysteresis loops of individual Co nanostripes measured by magnetic force microscopy

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-6

  Jaafar, Miriam ^a   Serrano Ramón, Luis ^b   Iglesias Freire, Oscar ^a   Fernández Pacheco, Amalio ^b   Ibarra, Manuel Ricardo ^b   de Teresa, Jose Maria ^b   Asenjo, Agustina ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLIED MAGNETIC FIELDS; CO NANOWIRES; COERCIVE FIELD; DOMAIN CONFIGURATIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION; IN-PLANE MAGNETIC FIELDS; LATERAL DISPLACEMENTS; MAGNETIC FORCE MICROSCOPES; MAGNETIC IMAGING; MAGNETIC SIGNALS; NANO SCALE; NANOSTRIPES; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION;

MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; NANOWIRES;

NANOMAGNETICS;

EID: 84856065147     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-6-407     Document Type: Article

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