Current-driven domain wall mobility in polycrystalline Permalloy nanowires: A numerical study

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 23, 2014, Pages

  Leliaert, J ^a   Van De Wiele, B ^a   Vansteenkiste, A ^a   Laurson, L ^b   Durin, G ^c,d   Dupre L ^a   Van Waeyenberge, B ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DI RICERCA METROLOGICA   (Italy)

^d ISI FOUNDATION   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMAIN WALLS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; NANOWIRES; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; VORTEX FLOW;

BREAKDOWN CURRENTS; DOMAIN WALL MOTION; DOMAIN-WALL MOBILITY; EFFECTS OF MATERIALS; LOW CURRENT DENSITY; PERMALLOY NANOWIRES; PRODUCTION PROCESS; SPINTRONICS DEVICE;

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EID: 84903211299     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: 10897550     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4883297     Document Type: Article

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