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We investigate the magnetic properties of a composite comprising of ferromagnetic Cobalt nanowires embedded in nanoporous anodized alumina template. We observe unusual increase in, the saturation magnetization and the coercive field, of the…

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Density functional calculations are performed to investigate the room temperature ferromagnetism in GaN:Cu nanowires (NWs). Our results indicate that two Cu dopants are most stable when they are near each other. Compared to bulk GaN:Cu, we…

Materials Science · Physics 2008-07-08 H. J. Xiang , Su-Huai Wei

When Fe, which is a typical ferromagnet using d- or f-orbital states, is combined with 2D materials such as graphene, it offers many opportunities for spintronics. The origin of 2D magnetism is from magnetic insulating behaviors, which…

The interplay of magnetic interactions in chiral multilayer films gives rise to nanoscale topological spin textures, which form attractive elements for next-generation computing. Quantifying these interactions requires several specialized,…

Using the density functional theory, we perform a full atomic relaxation of the bulk ferrite with 12.5%-concentration of monoatomic interstitial Cr periodically located at the edges of the bcc Fe$_\alpha$ cell. We show that structural…

Materials Science · Physics 2012-05-14 N. Pavlenko , N. Shcherbovskikh , Z. A. Duriagina

Indirect exchange coupling in magnetic multilayers, also known as the Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yosida (RKKY) interaction, is known to be highly effective in controlling the interlayer alignment of the magnetization. This coupling is typically…

We present an ab-initio-based effective interaction model (EIM) for the study of magnetism, thermodynamics, and their interplay in body-centered cubic Fe-Co alloys, with Co content from 0 to 70%. The model includes explicitly both spin and…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-01-16 Van-Truong Tran , Chu-Chun Fu , Anton Schneider

Mechanisms of the recently demonstrated ex-situ thermal control of the indirect exchange coupling in magnetic multilayer are discussed for different designs of the spacer layer. Temperature-induced changes in the hysteresis of magnetization…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-09-26 D. M. Polishchuk , Yu. O. Tykhonenko-Polishchuk , V. Yu. Borynskyi , A. F. Kravets , A. I. Tovstolytkin , V. Korenivski

Pulsed-field magnetization experiments (fields $B$ of up to 85 T and temperatures $T$ down to 0.4 K) are reported on nine organic Cu-based two-dimensional (2D) Heisenberg magnets. All compounds show a low-$T$ magnetization that is concave…

Segmented magnetic nanowires are a promising route for the development of three dimensional data storage techniques. Such devices require a control of the coercive field and the coupling mechanisms between individual magnetic elements. In…

Intermetallic compounds R2Fe17 are perspective for applications as permanent magnets. Technologically these systems must have Curie temperature Tc much higher than room temperature and preferably have easy axis anisotropy. At the moment…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2011-06-29 E. E. Kokorina , M. V. Medvedev , I. A. Nekrasov

In this letter, we consider through simulation Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yosida (RKKY) interactions between nanomagnets sitting on a conductive surface, and voltage-controlled gating thereof for low-energy switching of nanomagnets for possible…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-08-03 Bahniman Ghosh , Rik Dey , Leonard F. Register , Sanjay K. Banerjee

Individual Fe atoms on a Cu2N/Cu(100) surface exhibit strong magnetic anisotropy due to the crystal field. Using atom manipulation in a low-temperature STM we demonstrate that the anisotropy of one Fe atom is significantly influenced by…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-03-26 B. Bryant , A. Spinelli , J. J. T. Wagenaar , M. Gerrits , A. F. Otte

This study investigates the torsional mechanical properties of pristine iron (Fe) and carbon-doped iron (FeC) nanowires with [001] orientation through molecular dynamics simulations utilizing the Modified Embedded Atom Method (MEAM)…

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Magnetic nanowires are critical components in fields such as data storage and spintronics, where precise control of their magnetic properties is essential for device optimization. In particular, the behavior of isolated nanowires is often…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-10-30 Evelyn A. Escudero Bruna , Federico Romá , Fernando Meneses , Paula. G. Bercoff , Moira I. Dolz

The Ruderman-Kittel-Kasuya-Yosida (RKKY) interaction mediates collinear magnetic interactions via the conduction electrons of a non-magnetic spacer, resulting in a ferro- or antiferromagnetic magnetization in magnetic multilayers. The…

Materials Science · Physics 2022-08-05 Jing Qi , Paula M. Weber , Tilman Kißlinger , Lutz Hammer , M. Alexander Schneider , Matthias Bode

We propose a magnetic multilayer layout, in which the indirect exchange coupling (IEC also known as RKKY) can be switched on and off by a slight change in temperature. We demonstrate such on/off IEC switching in a Fe/Cr/FeCr-based system…

Applied Physics · Physics 2018-10-18 D. M. Polishchuk , Yu. O. Tykhonenko-Polishchuk , A. F. Kravets , V. Korenivski

We study the effects of the exchange interaction between an adsorbed magnetic atom with easy-axis magnetic anisotropy and the conduction-band electrons from the substrate. We model the system using an anisotropic Kondo model and we compute…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2010-08-10 Rok Zitko , Thomas Pruschke

A precision radio-frequency (RF) transverse modulation technique based on a resonant tunnel diode oscillator (TDO) has been used to study the dynamic susceptibility in novel ring-shaped single domain Fe nanoparticles synthesized using…

Materials Science · Physics 2007-05-23 H. Srikanth , E. E. Carpenter , C. J. O'Connor

Although ferromagnetism is in general a long-range collective phenomenon, it is possible to induce local spatial variations of magnetic properties in ferromagnetic materials. For example, systematic variation of the exchange coupling…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-08-08 B. J. Kirby , L. Fallarino , P. Riego , B. B. Maranville , Casey W. Miller , A. Berger