Crystallites of magnetic charges in artificial spin ice

Nature

Volumn 500, Issue 7464, 2013, Pages 553-557

  Zhang, Sheng ^a   Gilbert, Ian ^b   Nisoli, Cristiano ^c   Chern, Gia Wei ^c   Erickson, Michael J ^d   O'Brien, Liam ^d,e   Leighton, Chris ^d   Lammert, Paul E ^a   Crespi, Vincent H ^a   Schiffer, Peter ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d University of Minnesota   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL SPIN ICE; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CRYSTALLIZATION; DATA SET; HEATING; ICE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; ENTROPY; GEOMETRY; MAGNETISM; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84883057884     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature12399     Document Type: Article

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