Dynamic control of magnetic nanowires by light-induced domain-wall kickoffs

Nature Materials

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 202-206

  Heintze, Eric ^a   El Hallak, Fadi ^a   Clauß, Conrad ^a   Rettori, Angelo ^b,c   Pini, Maria Gloria ^d   Totti, Federico ^b   Dressel, Martin ^a   Bogani, Lapo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c CNR   (Italy)

^d ISC CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISING MODEL;

DYNAMIC CONTROLS; GLAUBER DYNAMICS; MAGNETIC NANOWIRES; MOLECULAR NANOWIRES; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; SOCIAL EVOLUTION; STOCHASTIC DYNAMICS; THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK;

NANOWIRES;

EID: 84875439097     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat3498     Document Type: Article

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