Exchange bias in laterally oxidized Au/Co/Au nanopillars.

Au/Co/Au nanopillars fabricated by colloidal lithography of continuous trilayers exhibit an enhanced coercive field and the appearance of an exchange bias field with respect to the continuous layers. This is attributed to the lateral oxidation of the Co interlayer that appears upon disk fabrication....

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Autores: Balcells i Argemí, Lluís, Martínez Boubeta, José Carlos, Iglesias, Òscar, García-Martín, J. M., Cebollada, A., García-Martín, A., Armelles Reig, G., Sepúlveda, Borja, Alaverdyan, Y.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2009
País:España
Institución:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2445/129562
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/129562
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Mètode de Montecarlo
Nanopartícules
Ferromagnetisme
Propietats magnètiques
Monte Carlo method
Nanoparticles
Ferromagnetism
Magnetic properties
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Sumario:Au/Co/Au nanopillars fabricated by colloidal lithography of continuous trilayers exhibit an enhanced coercive field and the appearance of an exchange bias field with respect to the continuous layers. This is attributed to the lateral oxidation of the Co interlayer that appears upon disk fabrication. The dependence of the exchange bias field on the Co nanodots size and on the oxidation degree is analyzed and its microscopic origin clarified by means of Monte Carlo simulations based on a model of a cylindrical dot with lateral core/shell structure.