Monte Carlo Simulations of Ferromagnetic Nanocomposites

• Authors: M. Woińska , A. Majhofer , J. Gosk , J. Szczytko
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

We present results of Monte Carlo simulations of a model system of Co nanoparticles in an external magnetic field. In our simulations we take into account the interaction with the external magnetic field, the energy of crystallographic anisotropy and the dipole-dipole interactions between single domain nanoparticles. We apply the standard Metropolis algorithm to a cluster of 27 randomly distributed superparamagnetic Co nanoparticles. We investigate the dependence of blocking temperature T_{B} on particle and cluster size.

Keywords

EN

75.40.Mg; 75.50.Tt; 75.75.-c

Discipline

• 75.75.-c: Magnetic properties of nanostructures
• 75.40.Mg: Numerical simulation studies
• 75.50.Tt: Fine-particle systems; nanocrystalline materials

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 122
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 1019-1021

Dates

published

2012-12

Contributors

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M. Woińska

• Institute of Experimental Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Hoża 69, 00-681 Warsaw, Poland

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A. Majhofer

• Institute of Experimental Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Hoża 69, 00-681 Warsaw, Poland

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J. Gosk

• Institute of Experimental Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Hoża 69, 00-681 Warsaw, Poland
• Faculty of Physics, Warsaw University of Technology, Koszykowa 75, 00-662 Warsaw, Poland

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J. Szczytko

• Institute of Experimental Physics, Faculty of Physics, University of Warsaw, Hoża 69, 00-681 Warsaw, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.122.1019