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Physics Faculty Publications

2003

Nanowires

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Modeling Of Hysteresis And Magnetization Curves For Hexagonally Ordered Electrodeposited Nanowires, Petru S. Fodor, Georgy M. Tsoi, Lowell E. Wenger Jan 2003

Modeling Of Hysteresis And Magnetization Curves For Hexagonally Ordered Electrodeposited Nanowires, Petru S. Fodor, Georgy M. Tsoi, Lowell E. Wenger

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A computational model has been developed to investigate how the magnetostatic interactions affect the hysteresis and magnetization curves for hexagonal arrays of magnetic nanowires. The magnetization coupling between nanowires arises from the stray fields produced by the other nanowires composing the array such that the field at each nanowire is the sum of the external field and the interaction field with the other nanowires. Using only two adjustable parameters: the interaction between nearest neighbors and the width of the Gaussian distribution in switching fields centered around the measuredcoercivity, simulations are compared with the experimentally measuredhysteresis and magnetization curves for electrodepositedCo0.45 …


Zero Magnetization States In Electrodeposited Co0.45fe0.55 Nanowire Arrays, Petru S. Fodor, Georgy M. Tsoi, Lowell E. Wenger Jan 2003

Zero Magnetization States In Electrodeposited Co0.45fe0.55 Nanowire Arrays, Petru S. Fodor, Georgy M. Tsoi, Lowell E. Wenger

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Co0.45Fe0.55 alloy nanowires with 12 to 35 nm diameter and 12 μm length were fabricated by electrodeposition in porous anodic alumina templates. The initial magnetization curves reveal that the zero magnetization state is not unique and is determined by the field history (acdemagnetization process) leading to the zero average moment state. For acdemagnetization processes with the field applied parallel to the nanowire axis, the subsequent magnetization curves suggest that an individual nanowire behaves as a single domain with neighboring nanowires being antiparallel to each other in the zero magnetization state. However, for a demagnetization process with the field applied perpendicular …