Strain-domain structure and stability diagrams for single-domain magnetic thin films

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 103, Issue 14, 2013, Pages

  Wang, J J ^a   Hu, Jia Mian ^a   Chen, Long Qing ^a,b   Nan, Ce Wen ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREE ENERGY; MAGNETIC DEVICES; MAGNETIC THIN FILMS; STABILITY; STRAIN; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

FREE ENERGY DENSITY; MAGNETIC NANOSTRUCTURES; SINGLE-DOMAIN STATE; STABILITY DIAGRAM; STRUCTURE DIAGRAMS; THERMAL EXCITATION; THERMALLY STABLE; THERMO DYNAMIC ANALYSIS;

MAGNETIC DOMAINS;

EID: 84885597895     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4824165     Document Type: Article

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