Emergent ice rule and magnetic charge screening from vertex frustration in artificial spin ice

Nature Physics

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 670-675

  Gilbert, Ian ^a   Chern, Gia Wei ^b   Zhang, Sheng ^c   O'Brien, Liam ^d,e   Fore, Bryce ^a   Nisoli, Cristiano ^b   Schiffer, Peter ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Minnesota   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); GROUND STATE; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETISM; SPIN DYNAMICS; TOPOLOGY;

ICE RULE; LATTICE TOPOLOGY; MAGNETIC CHARGES; MAGNETIC EXCITATIONS; PHYSICAL REALIZATION; RELEVANT DEGREES; SINGLE-DOMAIN FERROMAGNETIC NANOSTRUCTURES; SIX VERTEX MODEL;

ICE;

EID: 84905323730     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/NPHYS3037     Document Type: Article

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