A chiral-based magnetic memory device without a permanent magnet

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Dor, Oren Ben ^a   Yochelis, Shira ^a   Mathew, Shinto P ^b   Naaman, Ron ^b   Paltiel, Yossi ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNETIC NANOPARTICLE; NICKEL; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYER; SILICON;

COMPUTER; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIZATION; MEMORY; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; COMPUTER MEMORY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; GENERAL DEVICE; MAGNET; MAGNETIC FIELD; PARTICLE SIZE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

EID: 84882348564     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3256     Document Type: Article

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