Electric-field control of domain wall motion in perpendicularly magnetized materials

Nature Communications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Schellekens, A J ^a   Van Den Brink, A ^a   Franken, J H ^a   Swagten, H J M ^a   Koopmans, B ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; DOMAIN WALL MOTION; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; MAGNETISM; MOTION;

EID: 84864867803     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1848     Document Type: Article

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