Quantitative decoding of interactions in tunable nanomagnet arrays using first order reversal curves

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Gilbert, Dustin A ^a   Zimanyi, Gergely T ^a   Dumas, Randy K ^a   Winklhofer, Michael ^b   Gomez, Alicia ^c   Eibagi, Nasim ^a   Vicent, J L ^c,d   Liu, Kai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d INSTITUTO MADRILEÑO DE ESTUDIOS AVANZADOS EN NANOCIENCIA IMDEA NANOCIENCIA   (Spain)

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EID: 84904551996     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep04204     Document Type: Article

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