704 research outputs found
Metastable Random Field Ising model with exchange enhancement: a simple model for Exchange Bias
We present a simple model that allows hysteresis loops with exchange bias to
be reproduced. The model is a modification of the T=0 random field Ising model
driven by an external field and with synchronous local relaxation dynamics. The
main novelty of the model is that a certain fraction f of the exchange
constants between neighbouring spins is enhanced to a very large value J_E. The
model allows the dependence of the exchange bias and other properties of the
hysteresis loops to be analyzed as a function of the parameters of the model:
the fraction f of enhanced bonds, the amount of the enhancement J_E and the
amount of disorder which is controlled by the width sigma of the Gaussian
distribution of the random fields.Comment: 8 pages, 11 figure
Estudio de la anisotropía de la dureza
In the present work a study of the variations in the hardness of the minerals has been made in fonction of the crystallographic direction in which it has been measured. Experimental data has been obtained using a Vickers instru- ment. The minerala choosen for study are cinnabar and enargite
Determinación de la dureza de los minerales mediante la medida de micro-huellas
In the prescnt work the nietliod to deterniine the hardiiess by taking measuretrients at microscopical scale is described. The relationship between the Mohs scale of hardness and the VHN is stablished and also the four types of microscope equipment which are used in this method is described
Interpretación de los valores de microdureza de la recta de Gahm. Aplicación del método al estudio de la dureza de la hematites y de la cobaltina
The description of how to obtain the experimental data of the hardness at microscopical scale in hematites and cobal- tirie and of the respective equipments used is given. The graphics of the data obtained are exposed according to Gahm, to obtain the best straight line. The conclusions and recomtnendations on doing the research work on the hardness of the minerals, are stablished
Time-Resolved Spin Torque Switching and Enhanced Damping in Py/Cu/Py Spin-Valve Nanopillars
We report time-resolved measurements of current-induced reversal of a free
magnetic layer in Py/Cu/Py elliptical nanopillars at temperatures T = 4.2 K to
160 K. Comparison of the data to Landau-Lifshitz-Gilbert macrospin simulations
of the free layer switching yields numerical values for the spin torque and the
Gilbert damping parameters as functions of T. The damping is strongly
T-dependent, which we attribute to the antiferromagnetic pinning behavior of a
thin permalloy oxide layer around the perimeter of the free layer. This
adventitious antiferromagnetic pinning layer can have a major impact on spin
torque phenomena.Comment: 5 pages, 4 figure
Improved wear performance of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene coated with hydrogenated diamond like carbon
Hydrogenated diamond like carbon (DLCH) thin films were deposited on medical grade ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) by radio frequency plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition. The DLCH coating thicknesses ranged from 250 to 700. nm. The substrates were disks made of UHMWPEs typically used for soft components in artificial joints, namely virgin GUR 1050 and highly crosslinked (gamma irradiated in air to 100. kGy) UHMWPEs. Mechanical and tribological properties under bovine serum lubrication at body temperature were assessed on coated and uncoated polyethylenes by means of nano-hardness and ball-on-disk tests, respectively. Morphological features of the worn surfaces were obtained by confocal microscopy and scanning electron microscopy. This study confirms an increase in surface hardness and good wear resistance for coated materials after 24. h of sliding test compared to uncoated polyethylene. These results point out that to coat UHMWPE with DLCH films could be a potential method to reduce backside wear in total hip and knee arthroplasties.Ministerio de Ciencia y Educación MAT2006-12603- C02-01, CSD2008-0002
Magnetization of nanoparticle systems in a rotating magnetic field
The investigation of a sizable thermal enhancement of magnetization is put
forward for uniaxial ferromagnetic nanoparticles that are placed in a rotating
magnetic field. We elucidate the nature of this phenomenon and evaluate the
resonant frequency dependence of the induced magnetization. Moreover, we reveal
the role of magnetic dipolar interactions, point out potential applications and
reason the feasibility of an experimental observation of this effect.Comment: 10 pages, 2 figure
Imprinting vortices into antiferromagnets
Premi a l'excel·lència investigadora. Àmbit de les Ciències Tecnològiques. 2008The effect of imprinting symmetric and displaced vortex structures into an antiferromagnetic material is investigated in micron-sized disks consisting of exchange coupled ferromagnetic-antiferromagnetic bilayers. The imprint of displaced vortices manifests itself by the occurrence of a new type of asymmetric hysteresis loops characterized by curved, reversible, central sections with nonzero remanent magnetization. Such an imprint is achieved by cooling the disks through the blocking temperature of the system in small fields. Micromagnetic simulations reveal that asymmetric vortexlike loops naturally result from the competition between the different energies involved in the system
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