Direct observation of dynamical magnetization reversal process governed by shape anisotropy in single NiFe2O4 nanowire
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Zhang, JunliZhu, Shimeng
Li, Hongli
Zhu, Liu
Hu, Yang
Xia, Weixing
Zhang, Xixiang

Peng, Yong
Fu, Jiecai
KAUST Department
Material Science and Engineering ProgramPhysical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division
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2018Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/630405
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Discovering how the magnetization reversal process is governed by the magnetic anisotropy in magnetic nanomaterials is essential and significant to understand the magnetic behaviour of micro-magnetics and to facilitate the design of magnetic nanostructures for diverse technological applications. In this study, we present a direct observation of a dynamical magnetization reversal process in single NiFe2O4 nanowire, thus clearly revealing the domination of shape anisotropy on its magnetic behaviour. Individual nanoparticles on the NiFe2O4 nanowire appear as single domain states in the remanence state, which is maintained until the magnetic field reaches 200 Oe. The magnetization reversal mechanism of the nanowire is observed to be a curling rotation mode. These observations are further verified by micromagnetic computational simulations. Our findings show that the modulation of shape anisotropy is an efficient way to tune the magnetic behaviours of cubic spinel nano-ferrites.Citation
Zhang J, Zhu S, Li H, Zhu L, Hu Y, et al. (2018) Direct observation of dynamical magnetization reversal process governed by shape anisotropy in single NiFe2O4 nanowire. Nanoscale 10: 10123–10129. Available: http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c8nr01393d.Sponsors
This study was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (11604130, 51601082, 51571104 and 51771085), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (lzujbky-2015-304 and lzujbky-2015-305) and Open Project of Key Laboratory of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials of the Ministry of Education, Lanzhou University (LZUMMM2018013).Publisher
Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)Journal
NanoscaleAdditional Links
http://pubs.rsc.org/en/Content/ArticleLanding/2018/NR/C8NR01393Dae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1039/c8nr01393d