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Nature Research, Scientific Reports, 1(5), 2015

DOI: 10.1038/srep14536

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Longitudinal domain wall formation in elongated assemblies of ferromagnetic nanoparticles

Journal article published in 2015 by Miriam Varón, Marco Beleggia, Jelena Jordanovic, Jakob Schiøtz ORCID, Takeshi Kasama, Victor F. Puntes, Cathrine Frandsen ORCID
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Abstract

AbstractThrough evaporation of dense colloids of ferromagnetic ~13 nm ε-Co particles onto carbon substrates, anisotropic magnetic dipolar interactions can support formation of elongated particle structures with aggregate thicknesses of 100–400 nm and lengths of up to some hundred microns. Lorenz microscopy and electron holography reveal collective magnetic ordering in these structures. However, in contrast to continuous ferromagnetic thin films of comparable dimensions, domain walls appear preferentially as longitudinal, i.e., oriented parallel to the long axis of the nanoparticle assemblies. We explain this unusual domain structure as the result of dipolar interactions and shape anisotropy, in the absence of inter-particle exchange coupling.