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Size-Dependent Spin Structures in Iron Nanoparticles
2010
Physical Review Letters
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Using photoemission electron microscopy, we study the magnetization orientation in single 5-25 nm iron particles coupled to a ferromagnetic cobalt support. We find a noncollinear alignment between the particle and substrate magnetization above a particle size of $6 nm and a parallel alignment for smaller sizes. Numerical calculations reveal a transition from an exchange-dominated to an anisotropy-dominated regime on increasing the particle height: the smaller particles are in a single-domain
doi:10.1103/physrevlett.104.127201
pmid:20366559
fatcat:dbsvvmxygbddroplpbf2h3thi4