Magnetic anisotropy of FePt nanoparticles: Temperature-dependent free energy barrier for switching

IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 2950-2952

  Zhou, Chenggang ^a   Schulthess, Thomas C ^a   Mryasov, Oleg N ^b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b SEAGATE RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Magnetic anisotropy; Magnetization reversal; Monte Carlo methods

Indexed keywords

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; FREE ENERGY; HAMILTONIANS; MAGNETIC ANISOTROPY; MAGNETIZATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

ANISOTROPIC INTERACTIONS; PARAMAGNETIC PHASE; WANG LANDAU ALGORITHM;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 34249036555     PISSN: 00189464     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TMAG.2007.893795     Document Type: Article

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