Magnetic anisotropy in isotropic and nanopatterned strongly exchange-coupled nanolayers

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 7, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-7

  Vergara, José ^a   Favieres, Cristina ^a   Madurga, Vicente ^a  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Exchange coupling; Magnetic anisotropy; Magnetic multilayers

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; EXCHANGE COUPLING; MAGNETIC FILMS; MAGNETIC MULTILAYERS; MAGNETISM;

ANISOTROPY FIELD; DEPOSITION TIME; EXCHANGE CORRELATIONS; EXCHANGE COUPLED; MULTI-LAYERED FILMS; NORMAL INCIDENCE; THICKNESS VALUE; UNIAXIAL MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY;

MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY;

EID: 84871000445     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-7-577     Document Type: Article

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