Hierarchical structure and the origins of coercivity in exchange-coupled Co-Pt nanochessboards
Hierarchical structure and the origins of coercivity in exchange-coupled Co-Pt nanochessboards
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DOI:
10.1016/j.jmmm.2019.165313
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发表时间:
2019-10-01
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2.7
通讯作者:
Soffa, W. A.
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作者:
Floro, J. A.;Vetter, E. P.;Soffa, W. A.
We report the first detailed investigation into how exchange-coupled magnetic properties evolve during the formation of the Co-Pt L1(0) + L1(2) nanochessboards, which self-assemble by a pseudo-spinodal mechanism below the eutectoid isotherm. The maximum observed coercivities exceed 3 kOe, but these values are more than 5 times lower than the largest values predicted by micromagnetics simulations of ideal, single-colony chessboards. For magnetization reversal controlled by nucleation, a simple analysis readily reconciles this discrepancy by accounting for misorientation associated with the polycrystalline structure that exists at the 50 mu m lengthscale, demagnetizing fields associated with eutectoid colonies at the 0.5 mu m lengthscale, and non-idealities in the chessboard structure at the filing lengthscale of about 20 nm.