A strategy for the design of skyrmion racetrack memories

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Tomasello, R ^a   Martinez, E ^b   Zivieri, R ^c   Torres, L ^b   Carpentieri, M ^d   Finocchio, G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^d POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

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EID: 84922954404     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep06784     Document Type: Article

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