Direct probing of the exchange interaction at buried interfaces

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 853-858

  Zakeri, Kh ^a   Chuang, T H ^b   Ernst, A ^a,b   Sandratskii, L M ^a   Buczek, P ^a   Qin, H J ^a   Zhang, Y ^a,c   Kirschner, J ^a,d  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MICROSTRUCTURE PHYSICS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MAGNETIC STRUCTURE;

FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; INTERFACE EXCHANGE; LAYERED MAGNETIC STRUCTURES; LOW-DIMENSIONAL SOLIDS; MAGNETIC EXCHANGE INTERACTIONS; MAGNETIC EXCITATIONS; MAGNETIC INTERFACES; SPIN-POLARIZED ELECTRONS;

EXCHANGE INTERACTIONS;

IRIDIUM; IRON;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON; MAGNETIC EXCHANGE INTERACTION; MAGNETISM; MAGNON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84888351371     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2013.188     Document Type: Article

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