Unlocking Bloch-type chirality in ultrathin magnets through uniaxial strain

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Chen, Gong ^a   N'Diaye, Alpha T ^a   Kang, Sang Pyo ^b   Kwon, Hee Young ^b   Won, Changyeon ^b   Wu, Yizheng ^c   Qiu, Z Q ^d   Schmid, Andreas K ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; NICKEL; TUNGSTEN;

DESIGN; IRON; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETIC METHOD; NEW RECORD; NICKEL; STRAIN; TEXTURE; TUNGSTEN; UNIAXIAL STRENGTH; VORTICITY;

ACCELERATION; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BILAYER MEMBRANE; CHIRALITY; MAGNET; MONTE CARLO METHOD; SIMULATION;

EID: 84925358665     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7598     Document Type: Article

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