The non-random walk of chiral magnetic charge carriers in artificial spin ice

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Zeissler, K ^a   Walton, S K ^a   Ladak, S ^b   Read, D E ^b   Tyliszczak, T ^c   Cohen, L F ^a   Branford, W R ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84874314362     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01252     Document Type: Article

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