Surface-anisotropy and training effects of exchange bias in nanoparticles with inverted ferromagnetic-antiferromagnetic core-shell morphology

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Hu, Yong ^a   Du, An ^a  

^a NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC CORE; ANTIFERROMAGNETICS; CORE-SHELL MORPHOLOGIES; CRITICAL SURFACES; ENERGY COMPETITION; EXCHANGE BIAS; EXCHANGE-BIAS FIELDS; FERROMAGNETIC SURFACES; FIELD COOLING; HYSTERESIS BEHAVIOR; LOW TEMPERATURES; MAGNETIZATION REVERSAL MECHANISMS; METROPOLIS ALGORITHMS; PINNING SOURCES; SPECIAL STRUCTURE; SURFACE ANISOTROPY; TRAINING EFFECTS;

ANISOTROPY; ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; HYSTERESIS; HYSTERESIS LOOPS; MAGNETIZATION REVERSAL; MONTE CARLO METHODS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES;

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS;

EID: 80051921572     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3611417     Document Type: Article

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