Grain-boundary micromagnetism

R. Skomski, H. Zeng, D. J. Sellmyer

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Abstract

Continuum and layer-resolved calculations are used to investigate the spin structure in the vicinity of grain boundaries. Reduced exchange in the grain-boundary region gives rise to a quasidiscontinuity of the magnetization and yields a perturbation which decays exponentially inside the grains. An effective intergranular exchange is obtained as a micromagnetically well-defined function of the grain-boundary exchange, and it is discussed how grain boundaries affect the hysteresis loops of nanostructures.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)2549-2551
Number of pages3
JournalIEEE Transactions on Magnetics
Volume37
Issue number4 I
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2001
Event8th Joint Magnetism and Magnetic Materials -International Magnetic Conference- (MMM-Intermag) - San Antonio, TX, United States
Duration: Jan 7 2001Jan 11 2001

Keywords

  • Anisotropy
  • Grain boundaries
  • Intergranular exchange
  • Thin films

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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