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Title: Overcoming inherent magnetic instability, preventing spin canting and magnetic coding in an assembly of ferrimagnetic nanoparticles

Journal Article · · Applied Physics Letters
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4893028· OSTI ID:22318014
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  1. Department of Physics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700032 (India)
  2. Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, 1/AF Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700064 (India)
  3. UGC-DAE CSR, Kolkata Centre, III/LB-8, Bidhannagar, Kolkata 700098 (India)
  4. UGC-DAE CSR, University Campus, Khandwa Road, Indore 452001 (India)

The authors find that for mechanically milled Ni{sub 0.5}Zn{sub 0.5}Fe{sub 2}O{sub 4} (∼10 nm), the mechanical strain induced enhancement of anisotropy energy helps to retain stable magnetic order. The reduction of magnetization can be prevented by keeping the cation distribution of nanometric ferrites at its equilibrium ratio. Moreover, the sample can be used in coding, storing, and retrieving of binary bit (“0” and “1”) through magnetic field change.

OSTI ID:
22318014
Journal Information:
Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 105, Issue 6; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0003-6951
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English