Equilibrium magnetic moment configurations in magnetic nanoparticle films: Effects of anisotropy, dipolar interaction, and Zeeman energy

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2005, Pages

  Xu, C ^a,c   Ma, Y Q ^a   Hui, P M ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY ENERGY; ANTIFERROMAGNETIC ALIGNMENT; DIPOLAR INTERACTIONS; MAGNETIC MOMENT CONFIGURATIONS;

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

MAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 27744562173     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2103413     Document Type: Article

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