Three dimensional magnetic nanowires grown by focused electron-beam induced deposition

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Fernández Pacheco, Amalio ^a   Serrano Ramón, Luis ^b   Michalik, Jan M ^b   Ibarra, M Ricardo ^b   De Teresa, José M ^b   O'Brien, Liam ^a   Petit, Dorothée ^a   Lee, Jihyun ^a   Cowburn, Russell P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

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EID: 84875871788     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep01492     Document Type: Article

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