Interface control of the magnetic chirality in CoFeB/MgO heterostructures with heavy-metal underlayers

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Torrejon, Jacob ^a   Kim, Junyeon ^a   Sinha, Jaivardhan ^a   Mitani, Seiji ^a   Hayashi, Masamitsu ^a   Yamanouchi, Michihiko ^b   Ohno, Hideo ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON; COPPER; GOLD; HEAVY METAL; IRON; MAGNESIUM OXIDE; TUNGSTEN;

HEAVY METAL; INTERFACE; MAGNETIC METHOD; MAGNETIZATION; TORQUE;

ARTICLE; CHIRALITY; DZYALOSHINSKII MORIYA INTERACTION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM;

EID: 84907318281     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms5655     Document Type: Article

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