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Magnetization reversal and magnetic anisotropy of Fe, Ni and Co nanowires in nanoporous alumina membranes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 March 2011

M. Kröll ,
L. J. de Jongh ,
F. Luis ,
P. Paulus  and
G. Schmid
M. Kröll
Affiliation:
Physics Department, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland
L. J. de Jongh
Affiliation:
Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratory, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9506, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
F. Luis
Affiliation:
Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratory, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9506, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
P. Paulus
Affiliation:
Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratory, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9506, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
G. Schmid
Affiliation:
Institut für Anorganische Chemie, Universität GH Essen, Universitätsstr. 5-7, 45117 Essen, Germany
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Abstract

The magnetization reversal and magnetic anisotropy of Fe, Ni and Co nanowires is studied at low temperatures. All nanowires show a strong shape anisotropy with the easy axis being parallel to the long axis of the wires. Co nanowires additionally show a temperature dependent magnetocrystalline anisotropy along the hexagonal c-axis, which is directed nearly perpendicular to the long axis of the wires, as is confirmed by X-Ray diffraction measurements [1] and reported by Strijkers et al. who performed NMR measurements on samples prepared in a similar way [2]. Therefore, at low temperatures and for large wire diameters a competition between magnetocrystalline and shape anisotropies can be observed. Co wires with a small diameter, however, do not show a significant magnetocrystalline anisotropy. Fcc-Co, which is only known as a high-temperature Co modification and which does not have a large magnetocrystalline anisotropy constant, becomes the predominant Co modification here [1,3]. Investigations on the size dependence of the switching field for Fe and Ni nanowires provide information about the magnetization reversal process, which takes place via a nucleation of small magnetic domains probably at the end of the wires, and subsequent propagation of the domain wall along the wire.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 674: Symposia T/U/V – Applications of Ferromagnetic and Optical Materials, Storage and Magnetoelectronics , 2001 , U4.5
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2001

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