Probing the interplay between reversibility and magnetostatic interactions within arrays of multisegmented nanowires

• Published in: Journal of materials science Vol. 53; no. 20; pp. 14629 - 14644
• Main Authors: Shojaie Mehr, S., Ramezani, A., Almasi Kashi, M., Krimpalis, S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer US 01.10.2018; Springer; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Aluminum oxide; Anisotropy; Arrays; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials; Chemistry and Materials Science; Classical Mechanics; Coercivity; Crystallography and Scattering Methods; Electrochemical reactions; Hysteresis loops; Intermetallic compounds; Investigations; Iron compounds; Magnetic properties; Magnetization; Materials Science; Metals; Nanowires; Nickel compounds; Polymer Sciences; Solid Mechanics; Magnet Segments; Magnetostatic Interaction; FORC Diagrams; Major Hysteresis Loop (MHL); First-order Reversal Curve (FORC)
• ISSN: 0022-2461; 1573-4803
• DOI: 10.1007/s10853-018-2590-z

Ordered arrays of NiFe/Cu multisegmented nanowires (NWs) are fabricated by ac pulse electrodeposition method into the 25-µm thick anodic aluminum oxide templates with a pore diameter of about 40–100 nm inter-pore distance. The behavior of magnetostatic interactions between neighboring NiFe/Cu NWs as well between magnetic segments of the same wire related to the NW length and the magnetic segment thickness is presented. The first-order reversal curves (FORCs) results for two given magnetic shape anisotropies, a nearly disk-shaped and a rod-shaped one, reveal a single domain magnetic state along with a constant peak value of FORC coercivity distribution ( H c FORC ). However, the Major Hysteresis Loop coercivity ( H c MHL ) shows a significant reduction with an increase in length. In addition, the magnetostatic interaction distribution along the H u axis of FORC diagrams shows a weakly decreasing behavior, in disagreement with existing phenomenological model. In order to resolve this contradiction, the reversible and irreversible components of magnetization were measured. For arrays of multisegmented NWs, the contribution of the reversible components of magnetization rises up to about 70% as NW’s length increases which is in contrast for arrays of uniform NWs where a nearly zero reversibility is reported.