Monte Carlo simulation of equilibrium L1 0 ordering in FePt nanoparticles

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 97, Issue 10, 2005, Pages

  Chepulskii, R V ^a,b   Velev, J ^a   Butler, W H ^a  

^a University of Alabama   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF METAL PHYSICS   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHASE-TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; STORAGE MEDIUM; SUPERPARAMAGENTISMS; THERMAL FLUCTUATION;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC STORAGE; MAGNETIZATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

IRON COMPOUNDS;

EID: 20944441479     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1852351     Document Type: Conference Paper

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