Spintronic magnetic anisotropy

Nature Physics

Volumn 9, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 801-805

  Misiorny, Maciej ^a,b,c   Hell, Michael ^a,b   Wegewijs, Maarten R ^a,b,d  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b JARA Fundamentals of Future Information Technology   (Germany)

^c ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^d RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOMAGNETICS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; SPIN POLARIZATION; SUPERPARAMAGNETISM;

CONDUCTANCE MEASUREMENT; DIPOLAR-EXCHANGE; ELECTRIC CONTROL; ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT MEASUREMENTS; ENERGY SPLITTINGS; MAGNETIC ADATOMS; NANOSCALE APPLICATIONS; SPIN ORBIT INTERACTIONS;

MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY;

EID: 84892589347     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2766     Document Type: Article

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