Study of magnetization reversal of uniaxial Ni nanodots by magnetic force microscopy and vibrating sample magnetometer

In this work we report on the study of magnetization reversal in zero dimensional nickel nanodots patterned using a novel polymer based soft lithography technique. The nanodots, having their easy axis of magnetization normal to the plane of the sample, were characterized by in situ MFM observations,...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of applied physics 2010-05, Vol.107 (9), p.09A331-09A331-3
Hauptverfasser: Ramaswamy, Shivaraman, Rajan, Ganesh K., Gopalakrishnan, C., Ponnavaikko, M.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:In this work we report on the study of magnetization reversal in zero dimensional nickel nanodots patterned using a novel polymer based soft lithography technique. The nanodots, having their easy axis of magnetization normal to the plane of the sample, were characterized by in situ MFM observations, performed under varying magnetic fields to understand the magnetization reversal process. The average demagnetization curve of the sample was obtained from the MFM images. The results compare well with the demagnetization curve obtained from vibrating sample magnetometer (VSM) measurements. Further, the angular dependence of in-plane magnetization reversal process was investigated by studying the magnetization data obtained from the VSM performed at different angles of field orientation with respect to the sample.
ISSN:0021-8979
1089-7550
DOI:10.1063/1.3356230