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Strong low temperature magnetoelastic effects in template grown Ni nanowires

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Joaquín De La Torre Medina1, Michaël Darques and Luc Piraux

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Arrays of nickel nanowires embedded into polycarbonate membranes were studied by means of ferromagnetic resonance. Large magnetoelastic effects were evidenced in the entire temperature range 4.3–300 K, which were attributed to the thermal expansion coefficients mismatch between the Ni nanowires and the polycarbonate membrane. The resulting magnetoelastic energy was measured as a function of both membrane porosity and diameter of the nanowires. For low volume fractions of Ni in Ni/polycarbonate samples, the magnitude of the magnetoelastic anisotropy may be as high as the shape anisotropy. Conversely, no magnetoelastic effects were observed in permalloy nanowires embedded in the same membranes.


PACS

75.80.+q Magnetomechanical and magnetoelectric effects, magnetostriction

75.75.+a Magnetic properties of nanostructures

75.50.Tt Fine-particle systems; nanocrystalline materials

76.50.+g Ferromagnetic, antiferromagnetic, and ferrimagnetic resonances; spin-wave resonance

65.40.De Thermal expansion; thermomechanical effects

75.30.Gw Magnetic anisotropy

Subjects

Condensed matter: electrical, magnetic and optical

Condensed matter: structural, mechanical & thermal

Nanoscale science and low-D systems

Dates

Issue 3 (7 February 2008)

Received 12 October 2007, in final form 11 December 2007

Published 11 January 2008



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