Domain wall pinning and interaction in rough cylindrical nanowires

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 105, Issue 16, 2014, Pages

  Dolocan, Voicu O ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYLINDRICAL NANOWIRES; DOMAIN-WALL PINNING;

EID: 84908101821     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4899128     Document Type: Article

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