Anomalous exchange bias at collinear/noncollinear spin interface

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Tian, Y F ^a   Ding, J F ^a   Lin, W N ^a   Chen, Z H ^b   David, A ^a   He, M ^a   Hu, W J ^a   Chen, L ^b   Wu, T ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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EID: 84873337053     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01094     Document Type: Article

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