Domain Wall Motion in Nanostructures

Handbook of Surface Science

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages 335-370

  Sampaio, João ^a   Grollier, Julie ^a   Metaxas, Peter J ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Domain wall dynamics; Magnetic domain wall logic; Magnetic domain walls; Spin transfer torque

Indexed keywords

EID: 84975764649     PISSN: 15734331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-62634-9.00008-4     Document Type: Chapter

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