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We demonstrate that moving edge dislocations can induce the reversal of magnetization in a ferromagnetic film due to the Barnett effect. The dynamics of magnetization is studied numerically within a discretized Landau-Lifshitz equation on a…
Two principal scenarios of magnetization reversal are considered. In the first scenario all spins perform coherent motion and an excess of magnetic energy directly goes to a nonmagnetic thermal bath. A general dynamic equation is derived…
We consider polymers made of magnetic monomers (Ising or Heisenberg-like) in a good solvent. These polymers are modeled as self-avoiding walks on a cubic lattice, and the ferromagnetic interaction between the spins carried by the monomers…
We discuss numerical and theoretical results for models of magnetization switching in nanoparticles and ultrathin films. The models and computational methods include kinetic Ising and classical Heisenberg models of highly anisotropic…
We study field-driven dynamics of spins with antiferromagnetic interaction along the links of a complex substrate geometry, which is modeled by graphs of a controlled connectivity distribution. The magnetization reversal occurs in…
The interaction between the endohedral unit in the single-molecule magnet Dy$_2$ScN@C$_{80}$ and a rhodium (111) substrate leads to alignment of the Dy 4$f$ orbitals. The resulting orientation of the Dy$_2$ScN plane parallel to the surface…
This chapter provides an introduction to the fundamental physical ideas and models relevant to the phenomenon of magnetic hysteresis in nanoparticle assemblies. The concepts of single-domain particles and superparamagnetism are discussed.…
We study the classical dynamics of resonantly modulated large-spin systems in a strong magnetic field. We show that these systems have special symmetry. It leads to characteristic nonlinear effects. They include abrupt switching between…
We investigate the low temperature magnetic phases in TmB_4, a metallic quantum magnet on the geometrically frustrated Shastry-Sutherland lattice, using co-ordinated experimental and theoretical studies. Our results provide an explanation…
We perform computer simulations to probe the magnetic hysteresis in a two-dimensional ($L^{}_x\times L^{}_y$) assembly of magnetic nanoparticles as a function of dipolar interaction strength $h^{}_d$, temperature $T$, aspect ratio…
We use sensitive dynamic cantilever magnetometry to measure the magnetic hysteresis of individual magnetic Janus particles. These particles consist of hemispherical caps of magnetic material deposited on micrometer-scale silica spheres. The…
The magnetization behavior of mesoscopic superconducting disks can show hysteretic behavior which we explain by using the Ginzburg-Landau (GL) theory and properly taking into account the de-magnetization effects due to geometrical form…
We consider three mechanisms of hysteresis phenomena in alternating magnetic field: the domain wall motion in a random medium, the nucleation and the retardation of magnetization due to slow (critical) fluctuations. We construct…
A large variety of materials can be approximately described by means of spin-1/2 Heisenberg ladders. Here, the Density Matrix Renormalization Group (DMRG) algorithm together with a previously established numerical self-consistent mean-field…
The mixed spin-(1,1/2) Ising-Heisenberg double sawtooth ladder containing mixture of both spin-1 and spin-1/2 nodal atoms, and the spin-1/2 interstitial dimers is approximately solved by the transfer-matrix method. Here, we study in detail…
The continued increase in areal densities in magnetic recording makes it crucial to understand magnetization reversal in nanoparticles. We present finite-temperature micromagnetic simulations of hysteresis in Fe nanopillars with the long…
A phase diagram of the magnetization dynamics is studied by numerically solving the Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert (LLG) equation in a spin torque oscillator consisting of asymmetric two free layers that are magnetized in in-plane direction. We…
The remarkable phenomenon of weak magnetization hysteresis loops, observed recently deep in the vortex-liquid state of a nearly two-dimensional (2D) superconductor at low temperatures, is shown to reflect the existence of an unusual…
The Stoner-Wohlfarth (SW) model is a classical model for magnetic hysteresis of single-domain particles. For two-dimensional magnets at finite temperature, the SW model must be extended to include intrinsic strong spin fluctuations. We…