Synthesis of individually tuned nanomagnets for nanomagnet logic by direct write focused electron beam induced deposition

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 777-784

  Gavagnin, Marco ^a   Wanzenboeck, Heinz D ^a   Belić, Domagoj ^a   Bertagnolli, Emmerich ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

computational nanotechnology; electron beam induced deposition; iron; magnetic nanowires; nanomagnet logic; nanomagnetism

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL NANOTECHNOLOGY; ELECTRON BEAM-INDUCED DEPOSITION; MAGNETIC NANOWIRES; NANOMAGNETISMS; NANOMAGNETS;

ELECTRON BEAMS; IRON; IRON OXIDES; MICROELECTRONICS; NANOWIRES;

NANOMAGNETICS;

NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; MAGNET; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

ELECTRONS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; MAGNETS; NANOSTRUCTURES; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84872842461     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn305079a     Document Type: Article

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